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  • How KB Home CEO's pay went through the roof

    12/16/2006 11:23:46 PM PST · by jdm · 32 replies · 1,196+ views
    La Times ^ | Dec 17, 2006 | Kathy M. Kristof and Annette Haddad
    KB Home may be the fifth-largest U.S. home builder, but it was No. 1 when it came to pay for its chief executive. Over the last three years, former CEO Bruce Karatz made $232.6 million in compensation. That's nearly three times what the chief executives earned at Pulte Homes Inc. and Centex Corp., which are bigger and more profitable. Among the nation's 12 largest builders, Karatz's closest competition came from Robert Toll, the CEO of Toll Bros. Inc. He pulled in $138.7 million over three years — a sum that Karatz outdid by nearly 70%. Karatz, 61, retired under pressure...