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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business

Men who made £1bn as banks were bailed out

Stan O'Neal
Stan O’Neal, Merrill Lynch
Total remuneration: £196.7m (since 1999 or during length of service)
Bank market capitalisation (August 2007): £30.9bn
Now: Merrill Lynch bought by Bank of America
Credit crunch hits (since August 2007): £60.5bn
Photograph: PR
Jimmy Cayne
Jimmy Cayne, Bear Stearns
Total remuneration: £164.2m (since 1999 or during length of service)
Bank market capitalisation (August 2007): £6.8bn
Now: Bear Stearns delisted, June 2008
Credit crunch hits (since August 2007): £2.3bn
Photograph: AP
Lloyd Blankfein
Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs
Total remuneration: £163.1m (since 1999 or during length of service)
Bank market capitalisation (August 2007): £37.8bn
Bank market capitalisation (now): £24.6bn
Credit crunch hits (since August 2007): £19.4bn
Photograph: David Karp/AP
Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld
Dick Fuld, Lehman Bros
Total remuneration: £134.5m (since 1999 or during length of service)
Bank market capitalisation (August 2007): £15.9bn
Now: Lehman Bros delisted, September 2008
Credit crunch hits (since August 2007): £21.2bn
Photograph: Kevin Wolf/AP
Sandy Weill
Sandy Weill, Citigroup
Total remuneration: £121.7m (since 1999 or during length of service)
Bank market capitalisation (August 2007): £114.8bn
Bank market capitalisation (now): £13.0bn
Credit crunch hits (since August 2007): £140.6bn
Photograph: Louis Lanzano/AP
Henry
Hank Paulson, Goldman Sachs
Total remuneration: £119.9m (since 1999 or during length of service)
Bank market capitalisation (August 2007): £37.8bn
Bank market capitalisation (now): £24.6bn
Credit crunch hits (since August 2007): £19.4bn
Photograph: Getty
Chuck Prince
Chuck Prince, Citigroup
Total remuneration: £77.5m (since 1999 or during length of service)
Bank market capitalisation (August 2007): £114.8bn
Bank market capitalisation (now): £13.0bn
Credit crunch hits (since August 2007): £140.6bn
Photograph: Yoshiko Kusano/EPA
Bob Diamond
Monday: Bob Diamond, the highest-paid director on Barclays' board, defended the bonus culture in the City as the former deputy prime minister, John Prescott, started on online campaign to stop the Royal Bank of Scotland paying out £1bn in bonuses Photograph: Sarah Lee/Guardian
Stephen Green, group chairman of HSBC
Stephen Green, HSBC
Total remuneration: £12.5m (since 1999 or during length of service)
Bank market capitalisation (August 2007): £105.8bn
Bank market capitalisation (now): £65.7bn
Credit crunch hits (since August 2007): £26.7bn
Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters
Barclays Group chief executive John Varley
Barclays Group chief executive John Varley reiterated that the bank would make a profit of more than £5.3bn for 2008 and current trading was healthy Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP
The Lloyds TSB Group chief executive Eric Daniels
Eric Daniels, Lloyds
Total remuneration: £10.2m (since 1999 or during length of service)
Bank market capitalisation (August 2007): £66.4bn
Bank market capitalisation (now): £10.7bn
Credit crunch hits (since August 2007): £11.0bn
Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP
Gallery Twenty-five people: Andy Hornby
Andy Hornby, HBOS
Total remuneration: £7.6m (since 1999 or during length of service)
Bank market capitalisation (August 2007): £66.4bn
Bank market capitalisation (now): £10.7bn
Credit crunch hits (since August 2007): £21.1bn
Photograph: Sarah Lee
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