Who are the highest paid CEOs?

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Chief executive pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.


The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by the Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.



Chief executive pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by the Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.


Chief executive pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.


The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by the Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.


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Earnings: $25.7 million, unchanged from 2011

20. Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner



Earnings: $25.7 million, unchanged from 2011


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Denahan earned $25.8 million in 2012 at Annaly Capital Management, the largest mortgage real estate investment trust currently listed on the NewYork Stock Exchange.

19. Wellington Denahan, Annaly Capital Management



Earnings: $25.8 million.


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ent Thiry of DaVita HealthCare made $26.8 million runinng the medical company which runs a chain of dialysis centers

18. Kent Thiry, DaVita HealthCare



Earnings: $26.8 million, an increase of 53 percent from 2011.


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(FILES) An Exxon sign is seen at a station in this September 20, 2008 file photo in Manassas, Virginia. US oil giant ExxonMobil on April 25, 2013 reported slightly higher earnings even as it reported lower revenues and continued to struggle with lower oil and gas output. Exxon, which recently overtook Apple as the biggest US company by market capitalization, reported $9.50 billion in profits, up from $9.45 billion in the year-ago period. Revenues fell 12.3 percent to $108.8 billion. Earnings per share rose from $2.00 to $2.12, boosted by some $5.6 billion in share repurchases implemented during the quarter and accounting for 63 million shares. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER/FILESKAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images

17. Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil



Earnings: $27.2 million, an increase of 8 percent from 2011.


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Salary: $28 million, a 25% increase from 2011.

16. Ken Chenault, American Express



Earnings: $28 million, a 25 percent increase from 2011.


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Salary: $28.5 million, an increase of 138% from 2011.

15. Michael Rapino, Live Nation Entertainment



Earnings: $28.5 million, an increase of 138 percent from 2011.


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Chazen tied for the #15 spot with $28.5 million.

15. Stephen Chazen, Occidental Petroleum



Chazen tied for the number 15 spot with $28.5 million.


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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz poses for the photographer before a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 13, 2013. Schultz, visiting Bangkok this week to mark the coffee giant's 15 year anniversary of opening in Thailand, said Monday the coffee chain's first stores in India and Vietnam have been received positively and it might soon be time to give Myanmar a shot too. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

14. Howard Schultz, Starbucks



Earnings: $28.9 million, an increase of 80 percent from 2011.


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eBay Inc President and CEO John Donahoe speaks during a news conference in Tokyo in this May 9, 2012, file photo. CEO Donahoe said that the company would enable $300 billion of commerce in 2015, up 71 percent from $175 billion in 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/Files (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TELECOMS)

13. John Donahoe, eBay



Earnings: $29.7 million, an increase of 81 percent from 2011.


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Earnings: $30 million, an increase of 184 percent from 2011.

12. Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals



Earnings: $30 million, an increase of 184 percent from 2011.


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Earnings: $33.4 million, a decrease of 22 percent from 2011.

11. Philippe Dauman, Viacom



Earnings: $33.4 million, a decrease of 22 percent from 2011.


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Sneaker Museum in Allston Nike Sneakers on Exhibit at the Sneaker Museum in Allston Photo credit: Handout -- SneakerMuseum

10. Mark Parker, Nike



Earnings: $35.2 million, an increase of 219 percent from 2011.


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Marissa Mayer, President and CEO of Yahoo, answers questions during the Reuters Technology Summit in the Thomson Reuters offices in San Francisco, California, June 20, 2013. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

9. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo



Earnings: $36.6 million


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8. Paul Ricci, Nuance Communications



Earnings: $37.1 million, an increase of 79 percent from 2011.


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Robert Iger, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, arrives at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA BUSINESS HEADSHOT) (OSCARS-ARRIVALS)

7. Robert Iger, Disney



Earnings: $37.1 million, an increase of 18 percent from 2011.


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arnings: $38.6 million.

6. Richard Bracken, HCA



Earnings: $38.6 million.


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Earnings: $40.7 million, an increase of 261 percent from 2011.

5. James Crowe, Level 3 Communications



Earnings: $40.7 million, an increase of 261 percent from 2011.


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Earnings: $49.9 million, a 5 percent decrease from 2011.

4. David Zaslav, Discovery Communications



Earnings: $49.9 million, a 5 percent decrease from 2011.


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CBS CEO topped the Associated Press CEO pay survey taking in $60.3 million in 2012.

3. Les Moonves, CBS



Earnings: $60.3 million, a 12 percent decrease from 2011.


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The Activision Blizzard Booth is seen during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

2. Robert Kotick, Activision Blizzard



Earnings: 64.9 million, a 680 percent increase from 2011.


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** FILE ** Oracle Corp. chief executive Larry Ellison gestures during his keynote address at Oracle Open World Conference in a San Francisco file photo from Sept. 21, 2005. Ellison has settled an insider-trading lawsuit by making the first payment of a planned $100 million funding of a nonprofit medical foundation he launched, said the law firm representing aggrieved shareholders who sued the billionaire two years ago. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) Library Tag 06282006 Business

1. Larry Ellison, Oracle



Earnings: 96.2 million, an increase of 24 percent from 2011.


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