Comment by bedhead

Equifax has existed since 1899. It's in an oligopoly business that is completely unassailable, for better or worse. It would be fine with or without Richard Smith, who has been CEO for the last 11 years. He will have made something like a minimum of ~$145 million over that time. (If you factor in the value of his options since the grants it's more like $300 million) It's unconscionable. Entrepreneurial reward for managerial duty. People give hedge fund managers a hard time but at least those guys founded their companies and built them up...it's these hired-hand CEO's that are the real problem.