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2008 Trends in CEO Pay: Find out what's behind growing CEO pay.
Case Studies:
Ten executive compensation practices that define a broken system.
CEO Pay Database: Compare your pay with the CEO's.
The Employee Free Choice Act and the Double Standard
Runaway Executive Pay and the Wall Street Bailout
What You Can Do: Demand new rules for the Wall Street casino.
Game: Boot the CEO!
100 Highest Paid CEOs

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2009
2008
2007
Ticker Company CEO Name Year Compensation ($)
LAZ Lazard Ltd Bruce Wasserstein 2008 133,708,650
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation Aubrey K. McClendon 2008 112,464,517
ORCL Oracle Corporation Lawrence J. Ellison 2009 84,501,759
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Richard C. Adkerson 2008 77,085,387
TKTM Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. Name Not In Database 2008 61,016,671
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. Eugene M. Isenberg 2008 59,834,630
XTO XTO Energy Inc. Bob R. Simpson 2008 53,482,631
DIS Walt Disney Company (The) Robert A. Iger 2008 51,229,341
AXS Axis Capital Holdings Limited John R. Charman 2008 46,770,492
GBL GAMCO Investors, Inc. Mario J. Gabelli 2008 45,927,900
FDML Federal-Mogul Corporation Jose Maria Alapont Ph.D. 2008 43,878,871
AXP American Express Company Kenneth I. Chenault 2008 43,393,172
PM Philip Morris International Inc. Louis C. Camilleri 2008 43,229,587
GS Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) Lloyd C. Blankfein 2008 42,946,801
ATVI Activision Blizzard, Inc. Robert A. Kotick 2008 41,243,860
C Citigroup Inc. Vikram S. Pandit 2008 38,237,437
MEE Massey Energy Company Don L. Blankenship 2008 37,201,341
EGLE Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Sophocles Zoullas 2008 35,788,323
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. James Dimon 2008 35,764,557
CPN Calpine Corporation Robert P. May 2008 35,143,178
HPQ Hewlett-Packard Company Mark V. Hurd 2008 34,031,021
MCK McKesson Corporation John H. Hammergren 2009 33,554,015
ROP Roper Industries, Inc. Brian D. Jellison 2008 33,318,262
ICON Iconix Brand Group, Inc. Neil Cole 2008 32,453,264
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation Rex W. Tillerson 2008 32,211,079
FLEX Flextronics International Ltd. Michael M. McNamara 2009 31,323,178
HON Honeywell International Inc. David M. Cote 2008 30,829,513
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation Ray R. Irani 2008 30,401,622
KO Coca-Cola Company (The) E. Neville Isdell 2008 29,713,057
JNJ Johnson & Johnson William C. Weldon 2008 29,127,432
ABT Abbott Laboratories Miles D. White 2008 28,253,387
VIA Viacom Inc. Philippe P. Dauman 2008 27,994,832
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. David C. Novak 2008 27,949,368
HLF Herbalife Ltd. Michael O. Johnson 2008 27,659,552
VMW VMware, Inc. Diane B. Greene 2008 26,839,850
CPRT Copart, Inc. Willis J. Johnson 2009 26,759,919
BMC BMC Software, Inc. Robert E. Beauchamp 2009 26,467,125
HES Hess Corporation John B. Hess 2008 26,334,067
CMCSA Comcast Corporation Brian L. Roberts 2008 26,240,363
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation Robert J. Stevens 2008 25,551,586
IBM International Business Machines Corporation Samuel J. Palmisano 2008 24,965,547
MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Brian Duperreault 2008 24,962,204
STT State Street Corporation Ronald E. Logue 2008 24,517,276
IART Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation Stuart M. Essig 2008 24,504,288
COP ConocoPhillips James J. Mulva 2008 24,402,520
MOT Motorola, Inc. Gregory Q. Brown 2008 24,236,930
OCR Omnicare, Inc. Joel F. Gemunder 2008 23,847,016
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation James T. Hackett 2008 23,835,714
UTX United Technologies Corporation Louis R. Chenevert 2008 23,575,769
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) Alan G. Lafley 2009 23,473,625
WCG WellCare Health Plans, Inc. Heath Schiesser 2008 23,467,591
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Michael S. Jeffries 2008 23,198,271
PLD ProLogis Jeffrey H. Schwartz 2008 23,176,089
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company James M. Cornelius 2008 23,150,236
EBAY eBay Inc. John J. Donahoe 2008 22,462,893
MET MetLife, Inc. C. Robert Henrikson 2008 22,456,244
LCAPA Liberty Media Corporation Gregory B. Maffei 2008 22,286,303
LINTA Liberty Interactive Group Gregory B. Maffei 2008 22,286,303
LMDIA Liberty Entertainment Group Gregory B. Maffei 2008 22,286,303
NWS News Corporation Keith Rupert Murdoch 2009 22,201,978
CVS CVS Caremark Corporation Thomas M. Ryan 2008 22,116,260
LEH Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Richard S. Fuld 2007 22,052,273
RL Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Ralph Lauren 2009 22,039,181
DE Deere & Company Robert W. Lane 2008 21,830,483
AMTD TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation Joseph H. Moglia 2008 21,745,211
GD General Dynamics Corporation Nicholas D. Chabraja 2008 21,724,967
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation Ronald D. Sugar 2008 21,658,718
AVP Avon Products, Inc. Andrea Jung 2008 21,622,451
TWX Time Warner Inc. Jeffrey L. Bewkes 2008 21,617,867
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. John R. Strangfeld 2008 21,584,843
ACE ACE Limited Evan G. Greenberg 2008 21,482,013
CBS CBS Corporation Leslie Moonves 2008 21,167,470
HNZ H. J. Heinz Company (The) William R. Johnson 2009 21,080,265
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. Bernard J. Duroc-Danner Ph.D. 2007 20,930,309
NITE Knight Capital Group, Inc. Thomas M. Joyce 2008 20,862,388
BLK BlackRock, Inc. Laurence D. Fink 2008 20,641,331
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG Raymond J. Milchovich 2008 20,576,993
RTN Raytheon Company William H. Swanson 2008 20,567,134
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Ivan G. Seidenberg 2008 20,333,127
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International J. Michael Pearson 2008 20,172,115
DVN Devon Energy Corporation J. Larry Nichols 2008 19,935,527
WSH Willis Group Holdings Limited Joseph J. Plumeri II 2008 19,921,493
BCE BCE Inc. Michael Jonathan Sabia 2008 19,781,997
GMGMQ.PK Motors Liquidation Company Frederick A. Henderson 2007 19,761,874
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. John W. Conway 2008 19,273,407
AI Arlington Asset Investment Corp. Eric F. Billings 2008 18,847,186
CNA CNA Financial Corporation Stephen W. Lilienthal 2008 18,807,036
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Marc N. Casper 2008 18,705,572
KFT Kraft Foods Inc. Irene B. Rosenfeld Ph.D. 2008 18,697,825
WRB W. R. Berkley Corporation William R. Berkley 2008 18,676,709
PXP Plains Exploration & Production Company James C. Flores 2008 18,637,934
AET Aetna Inc. Ronald A. Williams 2008 18,608,778
TFSL TFS Financial Corporation Marc A. Stefanski 2008 18,601,607
IR Ingersoll-Rand plc Herbert L. Henkel 2008 18,507,288
URS URS Corporation Martin M. Koffel 2008 18,402,849
NLY Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Michael A. J. Farrell 2008 18,384,797
SGP Merck & Co., Inc. Richard T. Clark 2008 18,139,878
CSR China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc. Guoshen Tu 2008 18,022,108
SLE Sara Lee Corporation Brenda C. Barnes 2009 17,975,732
V Visa Inc. Joseph W. Saunders 2008 17,974,496
 
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