Equilar's 2014 Executive Compensation Summit Comes to San Diego

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF., June 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equilar, the leader in executive compensation benchmarking and governance research, is hosting its annual Executive Compensation Summit at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego from June 16-18, 2014. Equilar's Summit is the nation's largest gathering of executive compensation and corporate governance professionals.

Kicking off this year's event, William D. Cohan, renowned author and journalist, will provide the keynote address. Cohan is the bestselling author of three non-fiction narratives about Wall Street: Money and Power, House of Cards, and The Last Tycoons. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and writes a weekly column for Bloomberg View. Mr. Cohan also writes for the Financial Times, Bloomberg Business Week, The Atlantic, Art News, The Irish Times, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.

"We are proud to provide a forum in which the top minds in the fields of compensation and governance can gather to discuss current trends, best practices in executive compensation and corporate governance, and the future of the industry," said David Chun, CEO and founder of Equilar. "We thank all of our sponsors and partners for helping us provide the rich content and dialogue that is so valuable to our clients."

Equilar's sixth annual Summit will engage thought leaders in executive compensation and corporate governance through interactive panels, issue-based roundtable discussions, and insightful case studies. The three-day event will feature a full lineup of expert speakers. For more information on Equilar's Executive Compensation Summit, please visit http://www.equilar.com/summit.

About Equilar (www.equilar.com)

Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., Equilar is the leading provider of executive compensation data and governance tools for corporations, nonprofits, consulting firms, institutional investors and the media. As the trusted data provider to 70% of the Fortune 500, Equilar helps companies accurately benchmark and track executive and board compensation, Say on Pay results and compensation practices. In addition, Equilar offers the industry's leading business networking solution for identifying pathways to executives and board members at companies of interest. Equilar's research is cited regularly by Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other leading media outlets.

For more information on Equilar, please contact:

Belen Gomez
Senior Governance Editor
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