Top Paid CEOs

Forbes recently released their review of the top paid CEOs from the leading 500 American companies.
Heading the list at number one is the Chief Executive Officer of Capital One Financial, Richard D Fairbank with a salary of about $249.42 million.

The Top 10 Paid CEOs include
Richard D Fairbank - Capital One Financial - $249.42 million
Terry S Semel - Yahoo - $230.55 million
Henry R Silverman - $139.96 million
Bruce Karatz - KB Home - $135.53 million
Richard S Fuld Jr - Lehman Bros Holdings - $122.67 million
Ray R Irani - Occidental Petroleum - $80.73 million
Lawrence J Ellison - Oracle - $75.33 million
John W Thompson - Symantec - $71.84
Edwin M Crawford - Caremark Rx - $69.66
Angelo R Mozilo - Countrywide Financial - $68.95

What the Boss Makes
"When calculating a chief executive’s total pay, Forbes measures the following for the company's latest fiscal year: salary and bonuses; other compensation, such as vested restricted stock grants, long-term incentive payouts and perks; and stock gains, the value realized from exercising stock options. Because the value of unexercised options is unpredictable, we do not consider them in our tabulation of total compensation."
Read more about business leaders compensation at Forbes.

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