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Top 100 CEO Pay Packages Among Public Companies

Here is a list of the top 100 CEOs and their pay packages according to public record. The top three CEOs all made more than $70 million in one year alone.

Top 100 CEO Pay Packages Among Public Companies

Ticker Company CEO Name Year Compensation ($)
VIA/B Viacom Philippe P. Dauman 2010 84,515,308
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. Ray R. Irani 2010 76,107,010
ORCL Oracle Corp. Lawrence J. Ellison 2010 70,143,075
CBS CBS Corp. Leslie Moonves 2010 57,729,020
GBL Gamco Investors Inc. Mario J. Gabelli 2010 56,608,736
MCK McKesson Corp. John H. Hammergren 2010 54,584,021
JEF Jeffries Group Inc. Richard B. Handler 2010 47,349,121
YHOO Yahoo Inc. Carol Bartz 2009 47,229,273
DISCA Discovery Communications, Inc. David M. Zaslay 2010 42,589,296
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Michael S. Jeffries 2009 36,335,644
DTV DirectTV Michael D. White 2010 32,932,618
SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. John F. Lundgren 2010 32,730,259
IBM International Business Machines Corp. S.J. Palmisano 2010 31,718,608
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Brian L. Roberts 2010 31,058,959
NVR NVR Inc. Paul C. Saville 2010 30,879,812
DIS Disney (Walt) Co. Robert A. Iger 2010 29,617,964
SNDK Sandisk Corp. Eli Harari 2010 29,545,272
CVS CVS Caremark Corp. Thomas M. Ryan 2010 29,216,536
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. R.W. Tillerson 2010 28,952,558
JNJ Johnson & Johnson William C. Weldon 2010 28,720,491
RL Polo Ralph Lauren CP Ralph Lauren 2010 27,200,007
FCX Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc. Richard C. Adkerson 2009 27,622,333
T AT&T Inc. Randall L. Stephenson 2010 27,341,628
F Ford Motor Company Alan Mulally 2010 26,520,515
TWX Time Warner Inc. Jeffrey L. Bewkes 2010 26,303,071
FIS Fidelity National Info Svcs. Frank R. Martire 2010 25,761,432
ABT Abbot Laboratories Miles D. White 2010 25,564,283
EMR Emerson Electric Co. D.N. Farr 2010 24,805,965
KO Coc-Cola Co. Muhtar Kent 2010 24,782,017
WRB Berkley (WR) Corp. Willliam R. Berkley 2010 24,633,641
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. David Simon 2010 24,559,899
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corp. James T. Hackett 2010 24,328,710
VRX.1 Valeant Pharmaceuticals J. Michael Pearson 2009 24,047,455
MO Altria Group Inc. Michael E. Szymanczyk 2010 24,046,719
BLK Blackrock Inc. Laurence D. Fink 2010 23,839,294
RAI Reynolds American Inc. Susan M. Ivey 2010 23,813,815
MMM 3M Co. George W. Buckley 2010 23,709,094
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. Eugene M. Isenberg 2009 23,257,988
HAS Hasbro Inc. Brian Goldner 2010 23,153,471
MYL Mylan Inc. Robert J. Coury 2010 22,935,936
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. Wesley G. Bush 2010 22,849,412
NWSA News Corp. K. Rupert Murdoch 2010 22,725,275
PRU Prudential Financial Inc. John R. Strangfeld Jr. 2010 22,572,279
TRW TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. John C. Plant 2010 22,562,466
UTX United Technologies Corp. Louis Chenevert 2010 22,086,161
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. Robert J. Stevens 2010 21,897,820
SD Sandridge Energy Inc. Tom L. Ward 2010 21,756,257
SBUX Starbucks Corp. Howard Schultz 2010 21,733,013
PM Philip Morris International Louis C. Camilleri 2010 21,656,906
NLY Annaly Capital Management Michael A.J. Farrell 2009 21,533,549
GE General Electric Co. Jeffrey R. Immelt 2010 21,428,765
UNF Unifirst Corp. Ronald D. Croatti 2010 21,370,201
DOW Dow Chemical Andrew N. Liveris 2010 21,337,757
AMGN Amgen Inc. Kevin W. Sharer 2010 21,138,133
CYH Community Health Systems Inc. Wayne T. Smith 2010 20,960,569
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. James Dimon 2010 20,816,289
AON Aon Corp. Gregory C. Case 2010 20,783,301
LTD Limited Brands Inc. Leslie H. Wexner 2010 20,508,490
TRV Travelers Cos. Inc. Jay S. Fishman 2010 20,415,060
JNS Janus Capital Group Inc. Richard M. Weil 2010 20,337,868
CB Chubb Corp. John D. Finnegan 2010 20,259,761
CNX Consol Energy Inc. J. Brett Harvey 2010 20,157,821
HON Honeywell International Inc. David M. Cote 2010 20,154,012
AMG Affiliated Managers Group Inc. Sean M. Healey 2010 19,968,321
NUAN Nuance Communications Inc. Paul A. Ricci 2010 19,772,130
BA Boeing Co. W. James McNerney Jr. 2010 19,740,023
ATML Atmel Corp. Steven Laub 2010 19,379,257
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Robert P. Kelly 2010 19,379,257
APA Apache Corp. G. Steven Farris 2010 19,294,429
KFT Kraft Foods Inc. Irene Rosenfeld 2010 19,287,983
HNZ Heinz (HJ) Co. William R. Johnson 2010 19,006,263
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. John G. Stumpf 2010 18,973,722
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. John T. Chambers 2010 18,871,875
USB US Bancorp Richard K. Davis 2010 18,771,205
WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Michael T. Duke 2011 18,712,721
RTN Raytheon Co. William H. Swanson 2009 18,636,872
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corp. Aubrey K. McClendon 2009 18,551,296
HES Hess Corp. John B. Hess 2010 18,188,947
ATI Allegheny Technologies Inc. L. Patrick Hassey 2010 18,177,410
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Iva G. Seidenberg 2010 18,166,006
AEO American Eagle Outfitters Inc. James V. O’Donnell 2009 17,946,755
COP ConocoPhillips James J. Mulva 2010 17,932,895
IP International Paper Co. John V. Faraci 2010 17,849,343
MEE Massey Energy Co. D.L. Blankenship 2009 17,835,837
ABII Abraxis Bioscience Inc. Lonnie Moulder 2009 17,777,883
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. James M. Cracchiolo 2010 17,708,144
QCOM Qualcomm Inc. Paul E. Jacobs 2010 17,626,939
UTHR United Therapeutics Corp. Martine A. Rothblatt 2009 17,591,098
JCI Johnson Controls Inc. Stephen A. Roell 2010 17,563,931
TWC Time Warner Cable Inc. Glenn A. Britt 2010 17,422,329
PFE Pfizer Inc. Ian C. Read 2010 17,396,112
TJX TJX Companies Inc. Carol Meyrowitz 2010 17,362,112
PH Parker-Hannifin Corp. Donald E. Washkewicz 2010 17,312,616
PRE Partnerre Ltd. Patrick A. Thiele 2010 17,124,446
DHR Danaher Corp. H. Lawrence Culp Jr. 2010 17,032,244
D Dominion Resources Inc. Thomas F. Farrell II 2010 16,924,385
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. John E. McGlade 2010 16,918,012
MRK Merck & Co. Richard T. Clark 2009 16,838,367
APX American Express Co. K.I. Chenault 2010 16,813,272

Source: Public Filings

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