Five GLCs among 20 listed firms with highest-paid CEOs

KUALA LUMPUR: Five government-linked companies (GLCs) and 10 family-controlled entities made up the top-20 listed companies on Bursa Malaysia with the highest-paid chief executive officers (CEOs) last year.

According to the Securities Commission’s (SC) inaugural Corporate Governance (CG) Monitor 2019, the remuneration of the top-20 highest paid CEOs in the country ranged from RM8mil to RM168mil.