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
Source: CNBC
Via: MacTrast
