Thursday, 29 July 2010

7 Highest-paid tech CEOs of decade

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 million

Salary: $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 million

Salary: $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

Total realised compensation: $436.80 million

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 million

Salary: $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



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