Ever wondered who are top-earning CEOs of the decade? CEOs who over the years have been a constant in the highest paid corporate honchos listings. CEOs who in a decade marred by corporate bankruptcies, accounting scandals, dotcom bust and a severe recession, continued to command high salaries due to the value they bring to their organisations. This despite the severe investors scrutiny faced by these public companies.A recent Wall Street Journal report lists 25 highest-paid executives of the past decade. The list, little surprisingly, comprises several CEOs from the IT industry. Here's looking into the highest-paid technology CEOs of the decade.
Note: The listing is based on salaries, bonus, perks and realised gains on both restricted stock and stock options earned by these CEOs. The list, however, excludes new grants of restricted stock and stock options.
Lawrence J Ellison, Oracle
Total realised compensation: $1,835.70 millionSalary: $6.70 million
Bonus: $41.60 million
Restricted stock: $0.00
Gains on options: $1,778.30 million
Other compensation: $9.10 million
Return on $100 investment in company stock: $316.64 million
Steve Jobs, Apple
Total realised compensation: $748.80 million
Salary: $0.00
Bonus: $45.80 million
Restricted stock: $646.60 million
Gains on options: $14.60 million
Other compensation: $41.80 million
Return on $100 investment in company stock: $1,171.00 million
Terry S Semel, Yahoo
Total realised compensation: $489.60 million
Salary: $2.80 million
Bonus: $0.90 million
Restricted stock: $0.00
Gains on options: $485.80 million
Other compensation: $0.10 million
Return on $100 investment in company stock: $278.69 million
Michael S Dell, Dell
Total realised compensation: $453.80 million
Salary: $9.70 million
Bonus: $9.00 million
Restricted stock: $0.00
Gains on options: $429.20 million
Other compensation: $5.90 million
Return on $100 investment in company stock: $33.56 million
George David, United Technologies
Realised compensation: $447.80 millionSalary: $13.60 million
Bonus: $42.10 million
Restricted stock: $11.70 million
Gains on options: $357.10 million
Other compensation: $23.40 million
Return on $100 investment in company stock: $253.36 million
Irwin Mark Jacobs, Qualcomm
Salary: $7.10 million
Bonus: $6.00 million
Restricted stock: $0.00
Gains on options: $419.50 million
Other compensation: $4.20 million
Return on $100 investment in company stock: $191.90 million
John T Chambers, Cisco Systems
Total realised compensation: $393.20 millionSalary: $2.40 million
Bonus: $14.00 million
Restricted stock: $0.50 million
Gains on options: $376.20 million
Other compensation: $0.00
Return on $100 investment in company stock: $70.86 million
