. >> let's go to richard fuld from the final chair and chief executive officer of lehman brothers.8, who spoke over the house of representatives oversight committee and was grilled about his own exorbitant earnings as the bank went under. this is committee chairman henry waxman questioning fuld. >> you have been able to pocket close to half $1 million. my question to you, a lot of people ask him is that fair for the ceo of the company that is now bankrupt to have made that kind of money? it is unimaginable to so many people. >> i would say to you, the 500 number is not accurate. i would say to you that, although it is still a large number, i think for the years you're talking about here, i believe my cash compensation was close to $60 million, which if indicated here. and i believe the amount i took out of the company over and above that, i believe, a little less than $250 million. >> your response to the last head of lehman brothers talking about his salary? >> first of all, there was a whistleblower within lehman brothers who wrote to the sec before lehman brothers collapsed, tal