Best Buy's interim CEO makes $3.3 million

Interim Best Buy CEO G. "Mike" Mikan is getting an annual base salary of $1.1 million, the equivalent of former CEO Brian Dunn's pay. In addition, Best Buy also will pay Mikan based on the annual performance bonus that Dunn could have earned last year: $2.2 million. Corporate governance experts say Mikan's pay is overly generous, given his lack of retail experience.
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Interim Best Buy CEO G. "Mike" Mikan is getting an annual base salary of $1.1 million, the equivalent of former CEO Brian Dunn's pay. In addition, Best Buy also will pay Mikan based on the annual performance bonus that Dunn could have earned last year: $2.2 million. Corporate governance experts say Mikan's pay is overly generous, given his lack of retail experience.

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