UPDATE: AIG bonus breakdown

March 20, 2009

Rundown of the bonuses. No names as yet – that I’ve seen. AIG Liddy said that some will return their bonuses 100% – but he wants to protect their identities because of death threats. Somebody wanted to strangle the bonus recipients with piano wire.

AIG BONUSES BY THE NUMBERS:

• Top recipient received more than $6.4 million
• Top seven bonus recipients each received more than $4 million
• Top 10 bonus recipients received a combined $42 million
• 22 individuals received bonuses of $2 million or more, and combined, they received more than $72 million
• 73 individuals received bonuses of $1 million or more
• 11 individuals who received $1 million or more are no longer working at AIG, including one who received $4.6 million

They were supposed to be retention bonuses so the talented people who allowed this to happen wouldn’t go ruin other companies.

Source: New York Office of Attorney General

***(3-24) UPDATE: Andrew Cuomo announces some bonus recipients have agreed to return bonuses.

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