Goldman Sachs Group found that the leaders of most companies working in the field of technology have the greatest revenue compared to directors of other companies. Bloomberg Pay Index takes into account salaries, bonuses, options, changes in pension accruals and other factors affecting the welfare of company heads.
Superiority in all indicators is held by Mark Lore, the CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Over the past year, he earned an impressive $236,896,191.
The second place in this list is occupied by Tim Cook, the CEO of the well-known company Apple Inc. His salary is $150,036,907. Cook started with $1 million a year, and the annual premiums were $3 million.
In the third place in the list of the most highly paid CEOs of the world's leading companies is John Weinberg, the acting chairman of the Board of Directors of Evercore Partners Inc. His earnings reached almost $123,991,055.
The fourth place in the list of the richest company heads is taken by Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet Inc. He received this post after the final formation of a new holding company of a group of companies led by Google under the name Alphabet Inc. Pichai managed to earn $106,502,419.
The fifth place in the list of highly-paid directors went to the guru of fantastic projects, the CEO of Tesla Inc. Ilon Mask. Of course, he not only talks about the prospects of the future, he maximally brings it closer, creating interesting things. Mask is also the founder, owner and chief engineer of SpaceX. At the same time, he combines the positions of the developer, general manager and head of the board of directors of Tesla Inc. The Mask's income reached $99,744,920.
The sixth place in this list is given to Virginia Rometty, the CEO of International Business Machines Corp. With an income of $96,764,750. Rometty is a chairman of the board of directors and president of IBM. She is the first female leader in this position.
Mitch Garber, the CEO of Caesars Acquisition Co., took the seventh position of this rating. He managed to earn $91,146,468.
In the eighth place among the most wealthy heads of the companies is Philippe Dauman, the former CEO of Viacom Inc. His earnings were $87,841,249.
The ninth place in this list is given to Leslie Moonves, the CEO of CBS Corp., an actor in the past. His income was $83,645,290.
Mario Gabelli, the CEO of Gamco Investors Inc. and the founder of GAMCO Investors Inc. (GBL) closes the top ten high-paid executives. He is recognized as one of the best experts in choosing shares, which is confirmed by the Gabelli's earnings - $75,965,266.
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