'''Graef "Bud" S. Crystal''' was an expert on executive compensation, often cited as a critic of excessive packages. <ref name=PBS>{{cite web |url = https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec02/ceo1_12-02.html |title = Executive Excess |first = Paul |last = Solman |date = 2 December 2002 |work = The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer |publisher = Public Broadcasting Service |access-date = 26 August 2010 |archive-date = 26 August 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100826000407/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec02/ceo1_12-02.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> <ref name=CNet> {{cite web | url = http://news.cnet.com/Laughing-all-the-way-to-the-bank/2008-1082_3-888996.html | title = Laughing All the Way to the Bank | first = Margaret | last = Kane | date = 23 April 2002 | publisher = CNet News | access-date = 26 August 2010 }}</ref> <ref name=NYTimes> {{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/business/bulletin-board-at-the-top-pay-and-performance-are-often-far-apart.html | title = At the Top, Pay and Performance Are Often Far Apart | author = Hubert B. Herring | date = 17 August 2003 | work = New York Times | access-date = 26 August 2010 }}</ref> He started work as an executive compensation consultant in 1959.<ref name=PBS/> He worked for twenty years at the consulting firm Towers Perrin, and also taught at the Haas School of Business.<ref name=CNet/> He advised on pay at Coca-Cola Company and American Express. <ref name=Bloomberg> {{cite web | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-06/cbs-overpaid-leslie-moonves-28-million-in-study-of-executive-compensation.html | title = CBS Overpaid Moonves $28 Million, Says Study of CEO Pay | author1 = Jessica Silver-Greenberg | author2 = Alexis Leondis | date = 6 May 2010 | publisher = Bloomberg.com | access-date = 26 August 2010 }}</ref> He authored books on executive compensation as both an advisor and critic. He wrote a column on Bloomberg, and subsequently published on his own website. <ref name=SJMerc> {{cite web | url = http://www.siliconbeat.com/2008/09/24/graef-crystal-bailout-and-executive-pay-limits-are-both-bad-ideas/2008-1082_3-888996.html | title = Graef Crystal: Bailout and executive pay limits are both bad ideas | first = Chris | last = O'Brien | date = 24 September 2008 | work = SiliconBeat | publisher = San Jose Mercury News | access-date = 26 August 2010 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
==Selected works== *''Compensating U.S. Executives Abroad'' (1972) *''Executive Compensation: Money, Motivation, and Imagination'' (1978) *''Financial Motivation For Executives'' (1978) *''Questions and Answers on Executive Compensation: How to Get What You're Worth'' (1984) *''In Search of Excess: The Overcompensation of American Executives'' (1991)
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100831173143/http://graefcrystal.com/ The Crystal Report on Executive Compensation]
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