'Neal's successor, John Thain, was paid 87 million dollars in 2007 and in December of 2008, two months after Merrill was bailed out by U.S. taxpayers, Thain and Merrill's board handed out billions in bonuses.
O'Nealov naslednik, John Thain, je bio placen s 87 milijuna dolara u 2007. U prosincu 2008. dva mjeseca nakon sto su Merrill Lynch spasili porezni obveznici