“CNBC” says (http://www.cnbc.com/id/49886743?slide=22) Apple’s Tim Cook is the highest paid CEO in America. His annual compensation: about US$95 million.
The top 10 highest-paid CEOs, and the average annual compensation they’ve received, according to “CNET” is: Cook (Apple), $95 million, Larry Ellison (Oracle), $70 million; Ron Johnson (JC Penney), $53 million; Leslie Moonves (CBS Corp.), $52 million; Richard Adkerson (Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold), $49 million; Philippe Dauman (Viacom), $43 million; John Hammergren (McKesson Corp.), $42 million; Aubrey McClendon (Chesapeake Energy), $39 million; James Gallogly (James Gallogly), $35 million; and David Simon (Simon Property Group, $35 million.