BIGGEST BILLIONAIRE CEOs PAYCHECKS in the Year 2014
Biggest Billionaire CEOs – Larry Ellison gave up his CEO title last fall, but he still claimed the title of highest paid billionaire chief executive at one of the country’s largest companies in 2014.
The data included here was compiled by executive compensation firm Equilar for the New York Times, and tracks CEO compensation at the 100 largest public U.S. firms, as measured by revenue. Forbes further narrowed its scope to focus exclusively on the paychecks of biggest billionaire CEOs. Compensation includes base salary, cash bonuses, stock and option awards by grant date value, and other benefits as listed in the summary compensation tables of each company’s 2013 proxy statement, the latest statements available. Biggest Billionaire CEOs
Equilar found that for CEOs that had served two full fiscal years, median pay jumped 5%. Additionally, average pay for this same collection of CEOs increased 0.2%.
Larry Ellison, of Oracle (ORCL), was the highest paid billionaire CEO, earning $67.3 million in 2014. Ellison, the second-highest paid CEO overall, stepped down as CEO of the database software company he founded in September, though he remains chairman and chief technology officer. Forbes has his current net worth pegged at $53.6 billion.
Rupert Murdoch is the second billionaire on this list, joining the overall ranking with 2014 compensation of $23.9 million from Twenty-First Century Fox (FOX). The fortune of Murdoch and family is currently valued at $13.7 billion; he ranked 77th on this year’s list of the World’s Billionaires.
Meg Whitman remains the only woman to grace the ranks of billionaire CEOs among the 100 largest companies in the U.S. As CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) she brought in $19.6 million last year; currently, the Harvard MBA’s net worth stands at $2.1 billion. She also leads the overall group of women that make this list: Of these 100 CEOs, nine are female, and Whitman is the best compensated.
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Gilead (GILD) CEO John C. Martin earned nearly $19 million in 2014. Since landing on the 2015 World’s Billionaires list his net worth has teetered at the $1 billion threshold. As of today Forbes has his personal fortune valued at $1.02 billion.
FedEx (FDX) founder Frederick Smith and Sears Holdings (SHLD) CEO Edward Lampert both join the ranking, as does Warren Buffett. The Oracle of Omaha takes 100th place with 2014 wages of $464,011 — a relative pittance compared with many of his peers in the corner office.
Below is the list from the least to the biggest Billionaire CEOs of the year 2014;
No. 7: Warren Buffett
Company: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
2014 Compensation: $464,011
Current Net Worth: $69.8 billion
No. 6: Edward Lampert
Company: Sears Holdings (SHLD)
2014 Compensation: $5.7 million
Current Net Worth: $3.1 billion
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No. 5: Frederick Smith
Company: FedEx (FDX)
2014 Compensation: $14.1 million
Current Net Worth: $3.8 billion
No. 4: John C. Martin
Company: Gilead Sciences (GILD)
2014 Compensation: $19 million
Current Net Worth: $1 billion
No. 3: Meg Whitman
Company: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
2014 Compensation: $19.6 million
Current Net Worth: $2.1 billion
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No. 2: Rupert Murdoch
Company: Twenty-First Century Fox (FOX)
2014 Compensation: $23.9 million
Current Net Worth**: $13.7 billion
**Valued as “Rupert Murdoch & Family”
No. 1: Larry Ellison
Company: Oracle (ORCL)
2014 Compensation: $67.3 million
Current Net Worth: $53.6 billion
Net worths calculated as of April 21, 2015.
(Credit to Kathryn Dill of FORBES)
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