(The following news brief appeared on the Fort Worth Star Telegram website on March 17.)
FORT WORTH, Texas — The chairman and chief executive of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Matt Rose, earned $3.1 million in salary and bonuses last year, according to the company’s proxy statement.
Rose’s salary and bonuses in 2002 totaled $3 million. Rose has been chief executive of the railroad, based in Fort Worth, since 2001.