Vincent said he has interviewed about 35 players and executives, using videotape.

Critics have long complained about executives of securities firms holding those 12 seats on the board.

The speculation about whether or not her mother becomes one of the next chief executives was irrelevant.

That leaves lots of wiggle room and says nothing about other executives whose pay is also based on financial hurdles.

"They're trying to tap into the hatred and suspicion that people feel about corporate executives these days," he said.

Somebody, it turns out, who knows a thing or two about executives profiting even as their companies struggle.

A fear about young chief executives is that they have seen nothing but good times.

In a story about executives, they usually just show the men.

But it says nothing about other executives whose pay is also based on meeting financial goals.

We're talking about executives who make billions of dollars every time we go to war.