Top Earning CEO's
| Rank |
Name |
Company |
1-Year Pay ($mil) |
5 Year Pay ($mil) |
Shares Owned ($mil) |
Age |
Efficiency |
| 1 |
Hemsley, Stephen J |
UnitedHealth Group |
101.965 |
120.472 |
111.4 |
58 |
- |
| 2 |
Mueller, Edward A |
Qwest Communications |
65.80 |
75.003 |
36.3 |
64 |
- |
| 3 |
Iger, Robert A |
Walt Disney |
53.32 |
147.08 |
43.4 |
60 |
- |
| 4 |
Paz, George |
Express Scripts |
51.52 |
100.21 |
79.5 |
56 |
- |
| 5 |
Frankfort, Lew |
Coach |
49.45 |
137.87 |
133.9 |
65 |
86 |
| 6 |
Lauren, Ralph |
Polo Ralph Lauren |
43.00 |
155.25 |
3,417.8 |
71 |
74 |
| 7 |
Martin, John C |
Gilead Sciences |
42.72 |
204.24 |
76.8 |
59 |
72 |
| 8 |
Hackett, James T |
Anadarko Petroleum |
38.94 |
97.38 |
24.6 |
57 |
93 |
| 9 |
Chambers, John T |
Cisco Systems |
37.90 |
170.34 |
58.0 |
61 |
190 |
| 10 |
Seidenberg, Ivan G |
Verizon Commun |
36.75 |
130.19 |
76.5 |
64 |
163 |
| 11 |
Pyott, David E I |
Allergan |
33.76 |
104.60 |
14.9 |
58 |
82 |
| 12 |
Lucier, Gregory T |
Life Technologies |
33.75 |
73.13 |
15.8 |
46 |
141 |
| 13 |
Davidson, Charles D |
Noble Energy |
33.44 |
54.96 |
38.2 |
61 |
29 |
| 14 |
Hammergren, John H |
McKesson |
32.46 |
173.57 |
42.3 |
52 |
91 |
| 15 |
Tucci, Joseph M |
EMC |
31.63 |
86.79 |
34.1 |
63 |
137 |
| 16 |
Huang, Jen-Hsun |
Nvidia |
31.405 |
137.25 |
372.1 |
48 |
38 |
| 17 |
Boyce, Gregory H |
Peabody Energy |
30.66 |
85.07 |
14.1 |
56 |
- |
| 18 |
Merelli, F H |
Cimarex Energy |
30.53 |
47.44 |
84.7 |
75 |
25 |
| 19 |
Palmisano, Samuel J |
IBM |
30.32 |
127.80 |
102.9 |
59 |
173 |
| 20 |
Camilleri, Louis C |
Philip Morris Intl |
30.085 |
- |
103.3 |
56 |
- |
| 21 |
Watford, Michael D |
Ultra Petroleum |
30.035 |
201.21 |
156.6 |
57 |
116 |
| 22 |
Schultz, Howard D |
Starbucks |
29.73 |
159.502 |
672.0 |
57 |
- |
| 23 |
Novak, David C |
Yum Brands |
29.67 |
199.88 |
13.6 |
58 |
58 |
| 24 |
Thiry, Kent J |
DaVita |
29.515 |
126.09 |
15.3 |
55 |
63 |
| 25 |
Farr, David N |
Emerson Electric |
28.93 |
68.72 |
80.4 |
56 |
80 |
| 26 |
Cutler, Alexander M |
Eaton |
28.47 |
90.23 |
30.3 |
59 |
122 |
| 27 |
Solomon, Howard |
Forest Labs |
27.10 |
105.76 |
35.7 |
83 |
169 |
| 28 |
Moonves, Leslie |
CBS |
26.415 |
129.93 |
26.3 |
62 |
- |
| 29 |
Adkerson, Richard C |
Freeport Copper |
25.295 |
179.10 |
172.8 |
64 |
55 |
| 30 |
Swanson, William H |
Raytheon |
24.885 |
97.77 |
41.9 |
62 |
149 |
| 31 |
Boyd, Jeffery H |
Priceline.com |
24.385 |
40.77 |
89.9 |
54 |
3 |
| 32 |
Chenevert, Louis R |
United Technologies |
23.97 |
60.452 |
27.7 |
53 |
- |
| 33 |
Washkewicz, Donald E |
Parker-Hannifin |
23.88 |
66.31 |
54.5 |
60 |
96 |
| 34 |
Rose, Peter J |
Expeditors Intl |
23.63 |
66.96 |
55.2 |
68 |
26 |
| 35 |
Buckley, George W |
3M |
23.22 |
55.55 |
12.2 |
64 |
- |
| 36 |
Daane, John P |
Altera |
23.19 |
32.96 |
15.4 |
47 |
42 |
| 37 |
Young, James R |
Union Pacific |
23.06 |
49.71 |
82.5 |
59 |
- |
| 38 |
Larsen, Marshall O |
Goodrich |
22.43 |
54.00 |
11.8 |
62 |
17 |
| 39 |
Hugin, Robert J |
Celgene |
22.395,6 |
- |
33.9 |
56 |
- |
| 40 |
Snow, David B Jr |
Medco Health |
22.19 |
87.10 |
17.2 |
56 |
36 |
| 41 |
Fishman, Jay S |
Travelers Cos |
22.035 |
58.58 |
26.9 |
58 |
- |
| 42 |
Handler, Richard B |
Jefferies Group |
21.30 |
145.08 |
286.4 |
49 |
148 |
| 43 |
Stephenson, Randall L |
AT&T |
21.28 |
55.292 |
15.5 |
51 |
- |
| 44 |
Farrell, Michael A J |
Annaly Capital Managem |
21.185 |
64.48 |
39.8 |
59 |
88 |
| 45 |
Skinner, James A |
McDonald's |
20.71 |
75.07 |
24.3 |
66 |
22 |
| 46 |
Felsinger, Donald E |
Sempra Energy |
20.605 |
56.83 |
18.9 |
63 |
- |
| 47 |
Berkley, William R |
WR Berkley |
20.355 |
200.03 |
738.8 |
65 |
132 |
| 48 |
Pigott, Mark C |
Paccar |
20.20 |
80.12 |
164.6 |
57 |
128 |
| 49 |
Chazen, Stephen I |
Occidental Petroleum |
20.136 |
- |
202.3 |
64 |
- |
| 50 |
Dauman, Philippe P |
Viacom |
19.94 |
64.57 |
15.6 |
57 |
- |
| 51 |
Ward, Michael J |
CSX |
19.83 |
96.78 |
28.2 |
60 |
20 |
| 52 |
Nosbusch, Keith D |
Rockwell Automation |
19.69 |
32.49 |
32.6 |
60 |
100 |
| 53 |
Nooyi, Indra K |
PepsiCo |
19.63 |
56.50 |
15.2 |
55 |
- |
| 54 |
Conway, John W |
Crown Holdings |
19.33 |
64.69 |
56.9 |
65 |
53 |
| 55 |
Fink, Laurence D |
BlackRock |
19.315 |
116.22 |
249.0 |
58 |
40 |
| 56 |
Cook, Ian M |
Colgate-Palmolive |
19.23 |
39.982 |
23.3 |
59 |
- |
| 57 |
Amos, Daniel P |
Aflac |
19.17 |
133.89 |
276.6 |
59 |
97 |
| 58 |
Smith, Frederick W |
FedEx |
19.07 |
108.68 |
1,759.3 |
66 |
150 |
| 59 |
Coyne, John F |
Western Digital |
19.03 |
48.40 |
13.8 |
61 |
- |
| 60 |
Johnson, William R |
HJ Heinz |
19.02 |
57.42 |
55.0 |
62 |
129 |
| 61 |
Fries, Michael T |
Liberty Global |
18.985 |
45.55 |
26.2 |
48 |
- |
| 62 |
Cracchiolo, James M |
Ameriprise Financial |
18.83 |
62.92 |
14.6 |
53 |
- |
| 63 |
Jones, Clayton M |
Rockwell Collins |
18.77 |
47.72 |
8.0 |
61 |
103 |
| 64 |
Weldon, William C |
Johnson & Johnson |
18.36 |
88.69 |
26.3 |
62 |
188 |
| 65 |
Leonard, J Wayne |
Entergy |
18.12 |
101.96 |
24.4 |
60 |
158 |
| 66 |
Connor, Christopher M |
Sherwin-Williams |
17.75 |
73.16 |
46.1 |
55 |
52 |
| 67 |
Manganello, Timothy M |
BorgWarner |
17.73 |
46.36 |
43.4 |
60 |
11 |
| 68 |
Culp, H Lawrence Jr |
Danaher |
17.72 |
197.88 |
61.6 |
48 |
94 |
| 69 |
Chenault, Kenneth I |
American Express |
17.44 |
95.19 |
43.5 |
59 |
193 |
| 70 |
Farris, G Steven |
Apache |
17.36 |
69.05 |
58.6 |
63 |
95 |
| 71 |
Finnegan, John D |
Chubb |
17.21 |
106.00 |
45.8 |
62 |
86 |
| 72 |
Eckert, Robert A |
Mattel |
16.91 |
53.87 |
9.6 |
56 |
108 |
| 73 |
Roberts, Brian L |
Comcast |
16.845 |
146.28 |
458.5 |
51 |
159 |
| 74 |
Weeks, Wendell P |
Corning |
16.76 |
69.50 |
10.5 |
51 |
- |
| 75 |
Rosenfeld, Irene B |
Kraft Foods |
16.715 |
33.382 |
29.1 |
57 |
- |
| 76 |
van Paasschen, Frits D |
Starwood Hotels |
16.66 |
25.012 |
11.2 |
49 |
- |
| 77 |
Brock, John F |
Coca-Cola Enterprises |
16.59 |
27.96 |
4.4 |
62 |
- |
| 78 |
Ryan, Thomas M |
CVS Caremark |
16.565 |
117.49 |
73.6 |
58 |
157 |
| 79 |
McClendon, Aubrey K |
Chesapeake Energy |
16.555 |
307.02 |
98.3 |
50 |
161 |
| 80 |
Parkinson, Robert L Jr |
Baxter International |
16.42 |
40.51 |
17.7 |
60 |
78 |
| 81 |
Yost, R David |
AmerisourceBergen |
16.37 |
44.65 |
56.9 |
64 |
30 |
| 82 |
Duke, Michael T |
Wal-Mart Stores |
16.275 |
- |
36.8 |
60 |
- |
| 83 |
Kennedy, James A C |
T Rowe Price |
15.97 |
54.73 |
163.6 |
58 |
- |
| 84 |
Starks, Daniel J |
St Jude Medical |
15.955 |
82.92 |
311.9 |
57 |
- |
| 85 |
Dreiling, Richard W |
Dollar General |
15.895 |
- |
9.6 |
58 |
- |
| 86 |
White, Miles D |
Abbott Laboratories |
15.51 |
117.50 |
61.5 |
56 |
187 |
| 87 |
Dolan, James L |
Cablevision Systems |
15.335 |
85.62 |
41.0 |
55 |
64 |
| 88 |
Bewkes, Jeffrey L |
Time Warner |
15.315 |
48.473 |
10.0 |
58 |
- |
| 89 |
Moreland, W Benjamin |
Crown Castle Intl |
15.215 |
- |
35.5 |
47 |
- |
| 90 |
Murdoch, K Rupert |
News Corp |
15.20 |
107.85 |
5,325.8 |
80 |
178 |
| 91 |
Bartz, Carol |
Yahoo |
15.165 |
- |
27.0 |
62 |
- |
| 92 |
Donegan, Mark |
Precision Castparts |
15.10 |
87.17 |
31.8 |
53 |
15 |
| 93 |
Sullivan, William P |
Agilent Technologies |
14.92 |
53.68 |
14.0 |
62 |
89 |
| 94 |
Renwick, Glenn M |
Progressive |
14.81 |
44.10 |
70.9 |
55 |
110 |
| 95 |
Klappa, Gale E |
Wisconsin Energy |
14.75 |
35.94 |
6.4 |
60 |
47 |
| 96 |
Jha, Sanjay K |
Motorola Moity |
14.70 |
- |
26.8 |
48 |
- |
| 97 |
Parker, Mark G |
NIKE |
14.53 |
43.83 |
21.6 |
55 |
- |
| 98 |
Stevens, Robert J |
Lockheed Martin |
14.47 |
120.77 |
32.3 |
59 |
143 |
| 99 |
Roell, Stephen A |
Johnson Controls |
14.27 |
43.582 |
28.0 |
61 |
- |
| 100 |
Thaman, Michael H |
Owens Corning |
14.26 |
25.662 |
25.7 |
47 |
- |