E*Trade pays CEO Idzik $13.5 mln in his maiden year at firm
March 25, 2014 at 11:37 AM EDT
NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - E*Trade Financial Corp , the smallest of the publicly traded online discount brokers, gave its chief executive officer $13.5 million in compensation in his first year on the job, based on his performance "during an important transition period" and comparisons with pay for comparable industry executives.