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Fortune
Seamus Webster

CEOs make nearly 200 times more than other workers and their pay hikes keep outpacing employees. It’s an ‘outrage,’ a top advisor says

Elon Musk laughing at a conference in May (Credit: Apu Gomes—Getty Images)

Two thirds of all Americans believe companies are doing a poor job of reigning in the wealth gap between CEOs and typical employees, according to early results of a poll conducted by Gallup and Bentley University.

The results have not been officially released yet, but findings so far reveal for the third year in a row that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe that reducing the pay gap between CEOs and average workers is not only an important issue, but also one that corporate boards are failing miserably to address. 

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