The job of chief executive officer pays well — and even better when an incumbent CEO is working with a newly hired CFO. Researchers at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and UVA studied more than 23 years of data from S&P 1500 firms. They found that CEOs took home an average of 10% more compensation when working with a finance chief who was hired after them (known as a “co-opted” CFO).