Inside, two executives sat at a conference room table.

The stone-faced executives sit below, taking stock of his every movement and mannerism.

In other words, the executive can sit on options during bad times, while employees with stock can lose all.

Under such arrangements, executives from different companies who know each other will sit on each other's boards.

To date, the two executives have sat down half a dozen times.

Instead he makes these millionaire executives sit in his office, bringing them a single flower from a few plants.

And the executives would be sitting there with smug smiles.

He even reserved a seat behind home plate - not a luxury box, where most executives sit.

At Commerzbank, its 11 top executives each sit on about 10 corporate boards.

In the auditorium, the three corporate executives sat silently, watching him.