OC wants to party with these guys! Deborah Borda of the L.A. Philharmonic, Zarin Mehta of the New York Philharmonic, and Michael Kaiser of the JFK Center made the list for the top 15 CEO salaries in the charity world.
Highlights below, but go here for details.
11th Highest Salary
Deborah Borda, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Compensation (2008): $928,232
5th Highest Salary
Michael Kaiser, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Compensation (2008): $1,091,444
Highest CEO Salary
Zarin Mehta, New York Philharmonic
Compensation (2008): $2,649,540
People are so stupid!
Posted by: walter | October 28, 2010 at 08:03 PM
ooh gurl...you and me both want to party w/ them!
Posted by: Joey | October 28, 2010 at 09:57 PM
The Mehta brothers know how & where to go to get the money.
Posted by: Oroveso | October 29, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Fire these people, engage real profis, it will be cheaper. And fire Domingo: LA can't afford people who are never there, conduct lousily and sing but a mediocre way meanwhile. He won't starve and will have more time for openening restaurants in Dubai or backing barbies like Jenkins.
Posted by: richie | October 29, 2010 at 01:04 PM
Compare these salaries with non-charity CEO salaries and I am sure they are in line, if not less. Any notion that a not-for-profit should be run by volunteers is quaint but not based on reality.
I get nervous when people want to accuse Arts organizations of excess, some conservatives' favorite pastime. It's a clever attempt at distraction but it's completely unfair.
Posted by: Cho | October 29, 2010 at 03:23 PM
I'm going right now to America!!!
Posted by: Bruno | October 29, 2010 at 07:17 PM
Small wonder that arts organiozations go belly up sometimes - everyone is simply overpaid. And they thought featherbedding was bad at the railroads!!!
Posted by: violinhunter | October 31, 2010 at 05:05 PM
Where is the crisis!
Posted by: Paolo M. | October 31, 2010 at 07:29 PM
These people are not overpaid.
They run complex organizations with large budgets, major brands and a large public impact, and they require serious management skills, not just artistic skills. All of them are earning less than what they'd make in the private sector running organizations of that size and impact.
Posted by: puck swami | November 01, 2010 at 05:47 PM
Domingo and Mehta also Zubin some of the biggest moneymakers on this planet.
Posted by: Bastian | November 05, 2010 at 12:52 PM