If I'm looking at this one right (no promises there), it provides further proof to bolster the argument that well-compensated CEOs generally repay that compensation with increased earnings and growth. I'm not surprised that there a few (but only a few) "upper-left" types... as Jason (from whom I found the graphic) notes, some of the industries are cyclical, so it may just be a snapshot issue. Like him, I think the real warning would be if a CEO got in the upper-left and stayed there. That you can create a graph that actually shows these things is pretty neat. That Luddites like previously mentioned Mr. Brush ignore such information is not surprising at all.