Shareholders deserve to know if there are employees who are paid more than the chief executive, the chief financial officer and other high-paid officers.

He's going from being the chief executive to being the chief administrative officer. It's a very different kettle of fish.

If that's your only excuse, that your CFO (chief financial officer) was running rampant, then that's negligence.

Rather than meeting the chef, we heard more from the chief financial officer and even had a review of the financials. We thought the new openness was refreshing.

When a company seeks a new chief executive officer, or a university a new vice-chancellor, enormous trouble is taken to find the best person.

I was 25 when I was made director of marketing at 'Newsweek.' I was 29 when I was made chief executive officer of Kaplan Educational Centers. I was raised to be confident.