Tim Cook Named Highest Paid CEO In America
No wonder he’s always smiling.
Despite taking control of Apple just 18 months ago, Tim Cook has been named by CNBC as the highest paid CEO in America. With an average annual compensation of around $95 million, Cook beats Oracle’s Larry Ellison and JC Penney’s Ron Johnson to the top spot.
Of course, both Larry Ellison and Ron Johnson are closely tied to Apple. Ellison was a friend of Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder and former CEO; while Johnson was the Cupertino company’s vice president of retail for nearly eight years before he left for JC Penney.
The list of highest-paid CEOs, and the average annual compensation they’ve received, is as follows:
- Tim Cook (Apple) — $95 million
- Larry Ellison (Oracle) — $70 million
- Ron Johnson (JC Penney) — $53 million
- Leslie Moonves (CBS Corporation) — $52 million
- Richard Adkerson (Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold) — $49 million
- Philippe Dauman (Viacom) — $43 million
- John Hammergren (McKesson Corporation) — $42 million
- Aubrey McClendon (Chesapeake Energy) — $39 million
- James Gallogly (James Gallogly) — $35 million
- David Simon (Simon Property Group — $35 million
- Robert Iger (Walt Disney) — $33 million
- Rex Tillerson (Exxon Mobil Corporation) — $30 million
- Michael Jeffries (Abercrombie & Fitch) — $29 million
- Rupert Murdoch (News. Corp) $28 million
- Louis Camilleri (Philip Morris International) — $28 million
- David Zaslav (Discovery Communications) — $27 million
- Brian Roberts (Comcast Corporation) — $27 million
- Miles White (Abbott Laboratories) — $27 million
- Ralph Lauren (Ralph Lauren Corporation) — $27 million
- Kieran Gallahue (CareFusion Corporation) — $25 million
- David Cote (Honeywell International) — $25 million
Killian Bell is a freelance writer based in the UK. He has an interest in all things tech and also writes for TechnoBuffalo. You can follow him on Twitter via 
