Edward A. Kangas

2008 board pay: $1,314,418 (Intuit, $374,888; Hovnanian Enterprises, $409,007; Tenet Healthcare, $404,046; United Technologies, $126,477)

Kangas, head of accountancy Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from 1989 to 2000, joined Tenet when it was under scrutiny for Medicare billing irregularities and, he says, was "looking for a bit of a white knight."

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