Top Earners - Managers'Salaries at Record Levels | Made in Germany

For many businesses, 2011 was a good year, and chief executives had reason to be satisfied as well. Board members of DAX companies, for instance, earned 13 percent more on average than in the previous year.VW CEO Martin Winterkorn increased his earnings by a whopping 63 percent, to 17 million euros. Company success aside, is such a payment justifiable? Report by Kerstin Schweizer