Bart Becht is the former CEO of Reckitt Benckiser

Reckitt Benckiser

Reckitt Benckiser plc is a global consumer goods company headquartered in Slough, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest producer of household products and a major producer of consumer healthcare and personal products...

, a company he headed since its creation in 1999 through the merger of Benckiser with Reckitt & Colman. A Dutchman, he read economics

Economics

Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

 at the University of Groningen

University of Groningen

The University of Groningen , located in the city of Groningen, was founded in 1614. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands as well as one of its largest. Since its inception more than 100,000 students have graduated...

 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 and took an MBA at Rotterdam School of Management

Rotterdam School of Management

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University is the international business school of the Erasmus University Rotterdam located in Rotterdam, Netherlands...

, Erasmus University

Erasmus University

Erasmus University Rotterdam is a university in the Netherlands, located in Rotterdam. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th century humanist and theologian...

 and the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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. He joined the Benckiser side of the business in 1988, following a career at Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble

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He retired as CEO of Reckitt Benckiser on 31 August 2011, and was replaced by Rakesh Kapoor.

Annual Salary - £92 million

Some of the schemes that helped take his pay to £90m in 2009 date back to the formation in 1999, during which time Becht prided himself on the share price

Share price

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 performance and profitability

Profit (accounting)

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. Over the past 10 years, the company is the fourth best performing stock in the FTSE 100.

Personal life

Becht, who is married and has three children, gave many of the shares he was awarded to a charitable trust

Charitable trust

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 that donates primarily to humanitarian causes. A frequent flyer as a result of Reckitt Benckiser's global business, his home is a mansion

Mansion

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 overlooking the Sunningdale golf course

Sunningdale Golf Club

Sunningdale Golf Club is a golf club, located approximately 30 miles to the west of London, in Sunningdale, Berkshire, England....

 in Berkshire

Berkshire

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