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100 Highest-Paid CEOs

Ticker Company CEO Name Year Compensation ($)
GOOG GOOGLE INC Eric E. Schmidt 2011 $100,980,262
ORCL ORACLE CORP Lawrence J. Ellison 2012 $96,160,696
CBS CBS CORP Leslie Moonves 2011 $69,900,677
GBL GAMCO INVESTORS INC Mario J. Gabelli 2011 $61,693,390
KOS KOSMOS ENERGY LTD Brian F. Maxted 2011 $57,553,715
CACC CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORP Brett A. Roberts 2012 $54,282,500
DISCA DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. David M. Zaslav 2012 $49,932,867
ANF ABERCROMBIE & FITCH Michael S. Jeffries 2011 $48,069,473
HCA HCA HOLDINGS INC Richard M. Bracken 2012 $46,359,246
DIS DISNEY (WALT) CO Robert A. Iger 2012 $40,227,848
MCK MCKESSON CORP John H. Hammergren 2012 $39,680,322
ICON ICONIX BRAND GROUP INC Neil Cole 2011 $37,424,782
NUAN NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC Paul A. Ricci 2012 $37,077,679
RL RALPH LAUREN CORP Ralph Lauren 2012 $36,325,782
NKE NIKE INC Mark G. Parker 2012 $35,212,678
NLY ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Michael A.J. Farrell 2011 $35,000,156
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORP R. W. Tillerson 2011 $34,920,506
PLL PALL CORP Lawrence Kingsley 2012 $33,862,509
VIAB VIACOM INC Philippe P. Dauman 2012 $33,450,824
HON HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC David M. Cote 2012 $33,247,178
WRB BERKLEY (W R) CORP William R. Berkley 2012 $31,296,780
PRU PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC John R. Strangfeld Jr. 2012 $30,693,655
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN COP&GOLD Richard C. Adkerson 2011 $30,623,866
TYC TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD Edward D. Breen 2012 $30,552,734
KO COCA-COLA CO Muhtar Kent 2012 $30,460,186
PM PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL Louis C. Camilleri 2012 $30,304,091
NWSA NEWS CORP K. Rupert Murdoch 2012 $30,022,292
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON William C. Weldon 2012 $29,838,259
EBAY EBAY INC John J. Donahoe 2012 $29,705,081
CMCSA COMCAST CORP Brian L. Roberts 2012 $29,124,014
SBUX STARBUCKS CORP Howard Schultz 2012 $28,909,773
MDLZ MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC Irene Rosenfeld 2012 $28,811,314
DUK DUKE ENERGY CORP William D. Johnson 2012 $28,655,920
OXY OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP Stephen I. Chazen 2012 $28,519,053
AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS CO K. I. Chenault 2012 $28,491,734
PHMD PHOTOMEDEX INC Dolev Rafaeli 2011 $28,284,287
LUK Leucadia National Corp Joseph S. Steinberg 2011 $28,145,138
UTX UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP Louis Ch?nevert 2012 $27,562,325
LMT LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP Robert J. Stevens 2012 $27,549,444
BA BOEING CO W. James McNerney Jr. 2012 $27,484,138
TRW TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP John C. Plant 2012 $26,203,477
TWX TIME WARNER INC Jeffrey L. Bewkes 2011 $25,938,721
SFI ISTAR FINANCIAL INC Jay Sugarman 2011 $25,910,306
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO Jeffrey R. Immelt 2012 $25,806,352
PFE PFIZER INC Ian C. Read 2012 $25,634,136
SPPI SPECTRUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC Rajesh Shrotriya M.D. 2011 $25,215,760
ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIES Miles D. White 2012 $25,118,836
MDT MEDTRONIC INC Omar Ishrak 2012 $25,025,639
CVX CHEVRON CORP J. S. Watson 2011 $24,726,716
BLMN BLOOMIN' BRANDS INC Elizabeth A. Smith 2012 $24,450,233
NOC NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP Wesley G. Bush 2012 $24,411,853
MDCA MDC PARTNERS INC Miles S. Nadal 2011 $23,797,424
LYB LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES NV James L. Gallogly 2011 $23,485,762
EXC EXELON CORP John W. Rowe 2012 $23,483,442
FE FIRSTENERGY CORP Anthony J. Alexander 2012 $23,310,829
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & CO James Dimon 2011 $23,105,415
DOW DOW CHEMICAL CO Andrew N. Liveris 2012 $22,989,668
WFC WELLS FARGO & CO John G. Stumpf 2012 $22,873,085
POST POST HOLDINGS INC William P. Stiritz 2012 $22,744,428
AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD Albert A. Benchimol 2012 $22,674,021
COF CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP Richard D. Fairbank 2012 $22,605,374
T AT&T INC R. Stephenson 2012 $22,234,703
DHR DANAHER CORP H. Lawrence Culp Jr. 2012 $21,898,728
BLK BLACKROCK INC Laurence D. Fink 2011 $21,877,856
JCI JOHNSON CONTROLS INC Stephen A. Roell 2012 $21,382,876
MYL MYLAN INC Robert J. Coury 2011 $21,337,771
AGN ALLERGAN INC David E.I. Pyott 2012 $21,164,198
CBE COOPER INDUSTRIES PLC Kirk S. Hachigian 2011 $21,128,672
F FORD MOTOR CO Alan Mulally 2012 $20,955,806
CSC COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP Michael W. Laphen 2012 $20,859,081
SD SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC Tom L. Ward 2012 $20,764,622
FSL FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR LTD Gregg Lowe 2012 $20,745,087
QCOM QUALCOMM INC Paul E. Jacobs 2012 $20,730,873
WLP WELLPOINT INC Angela F. Braly 2012 $20,590,781
MPC MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP Gary R. Heminger 2012 $20,398,168
CVS CVS CAREMARK CORP Larry J. Merlo 2012 $20,330,097
SGMS SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORP A. Lorne Weil 2011 $19,954,764
CMLS CUMULUS MEDIA INC Lewis W. Dickey Jr. 2011 $19,889,797
CMG CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC Steve Ells 2012 $19,741,296
TGT TARGET CORP Gregg W. Steinhafel 2011 $19,707,107
APC ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP R A. Walker 2012 $19,664,885
MRX MEDICIS PHARMACEUT CP Jonah Shacknai 2011 $19,636,817
COP CONOCOPHILLIPS R. M. Lance 2012 $19,287,218
LTD L BRANDS, INC. Leslie H. Wexner 2011 $19,230,484
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORP James R. Young 2012 $19,114,972
VPRT VISTAPRINT N.V. Robert S. Keane 2012 $19,043,339
DE DEERE & CO Samuel R. Allen 2012 $19,031,943
INTC INTEL CORP Paul S. Otellini 2012 $18,991,300
AMGN AMGEN INC Kevin W. Sharer 2011 $18,850,311
PNR PENTAIR LTD Randall J. Hogan 2012 $18,772,054
ITW ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS David B. Speer 2012 $18,678,429
TEX TEREX CORP Ronald M. DeFeo 2012 $18,386,865
USB U S BANCORP Richard K. Davis 2012 $18,213,839
MUR MURPHY OIL CORP David M. Wood 2012 $18,211,157
WMT WAL-MART STORES INC Michael T. Duke 2012 $18,131,738
AFSI AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES Barry D. Zyskind 2012 $18,120,917
DTV DIRECTV Michael D. White 2012 $18,043,266
DVN DEVON ENERGY CORP John Richels 2011 $18,011,130
GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP Jay L. Johnson 2012 $18,010,762
PPG PPG INDUSTRIES INC C. E. Bunch 2012 $17,891,543
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