the 10 highest paid ceos on record

The 10 Highest Paid CEOs on Record

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Notes on Executive Pay

All data reflects 2014 compensation. Compensation includes salary, value of stock and option

awards, and non-equity incentive compensation. When computing size of compensation, the company’s annual net income for 2014 is used.

CEOs who were on their first year on the job were not included. The first year often includes heavy stock and option compensation that will not continue for the CEO’s tenure.

Compensation figures come from the AFL-CIO database on Executive Pay. Company metrics come from Yahoo! Finance and YCharts. All data regarding company performance is on an annualized basis starting when the CEO took over.

10. Josh Sapan,AMC Networks

• Compensation: $40 million• Stock returns: 17% per year• Revenue growth: 15% per year• Net income growth: 25% per

year • Compensation as % of net

income: 15.34%

Sapan’s numbers above are somewhat skewed: Though he has been CEO since 1995, AMC Networks has only been publicly traded since June of 2011.

Photo: AMC Networks

9. Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

• Compensation: $42 million• Stock returns: 14% per

year• Revenue growth: 30% per

year• Net income growth: 53%

per year (since 2004)• Compensation as % of net

income: 12.07%

Dr. Schleifer founded Regeneron in 1988 and has led the company ever since.

8. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo!

• Compensation: $42 million• Stock returns: 42% per year• Revenue growth: (2%) per year• Net income growth: 24% per

year• Compensation as % of net

income: 0.55%

Mayer is attempting to turn around Yahoo! with a focus on video and social media. The purchase of Tumblr was a cornerstone of the strategy.

7. Jay Brown, MBIA

• Compensation: $44 million• Stock returns: (4%) per

year• Revenue growth: (19%) per

year• Net income growth: (2%)

per year• Compensation as % of net

income: 7.73%

This is Brown’s second stint as CEO of MBIA. He was brought back during the onslaught of the Great Recession. At the time, the company had major exposure to mortgage-backed securities.

6. Philippe Dauman,Viacom



income: 1.84%

Dauman has run Viacom since it became a public company. It owns many popular networks, including MTV, SPIKE, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central.

Photo: Viacom.

5. Bob Iger,Disney



income: 0.61%

Iger has been at the helm of Disney since 2005. Over that time frame, the company has seen tremendous growth in its stock, with a focus on international expansion.

4. Les Moonves,CBS


year• Salary as % of net income:

1.93%

Moonves has led CBS since its split with Viacom in late 2005. He actually tried his hand at acting before becoming a media executive.

Photo: David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons.

3. Jon Feltheimer,Lions Gate



income: 35.16%

Feltheimer has been calling the shots at Lions Gate since 2000. During that time frame, the company’s popular hits include Hunger Games and Breaking Bad. Photo: Lions Gate

2. Mario Gabelli,GAMCO


year• Salary as % of net income:

81.35%

Gabelli founded GAMCO in 1977. Today, he earns $0 in salary and has no stock options or awards. Instead, he’s paid management-fee-based compensation.

1. David Zaslav,Discovery Communications



income: 13.70%

Zaslav has run Discovery since early 2007. He has expanded the company’s reach with the networks TLC and OWN.

Photo: Discovery Communications

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