Highest Paid No. 2s
Why is BP a management basket case, while Apple shines? A powerful second in command. Peter Lauria on the 20 highest paid second fiddles—and why some make more than their boss.
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President
Oracle
Total Compensation: $42.4 million
Breakdown: Salary, $800,000; Total Bonus, $2.2 million; Options, $39.4 million; Other, $18,150
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Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, President
Comcast
Total Compensation: $31 million
Breakdown: Salary, $2.3 million; Bonus, $9.6 million; Stock, $10 million; Options, $4.5 million; Other, $4.4 million
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President, Global Banking and Markets
Bank of America
Total Compensation: $30 million
Breakdown: Salary, $586,540; Stock, $29.3 million; Other, $30,423
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Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Viacom
Total Compensation: $27 million
Breakdown: Salary $2 million; Bonus, $10 million; Stock, $10.2 million; Options, $4.8 million; Other , $11,998
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President, Global Sales Operations and Business Development
Google
Total Compensation: $24.5 million
Breakdown: Salary, $450,000; Bonus, $3.2 million; Stock, $15.7 million; Options, $4.6 million; Other, $478,611
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President and Chief Operating Officer (left company effective June 30, 2009)
News Corp.
Total Compensation: $24.1 million
Breakdown: Salary, $8.1 million; Bonus, $5.4 million; Stock, $10.4 million; Other, $183,737
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Chairman
Freeport McMoRan
Total Compensation: $20.3 million
Breakdown: Salary, $2.5 million; Bonus, $10 million; Options, $6.8 million; Other, $1.1 million
MUCHTAR ZAKARIA
Chairman
Ford Motor
Total Compensation: $16.2 million
Breakdown: Stock, $9.4 million; Options, $5.1 million; Other, $1.7 million
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Chairman
CBS
Total Compensation: $16.2 million
Breakdown: Salary, $1 million; Bonus, $7.5 million; Stock, $4.3 million; Options, $3.3 million; Other, $30,317
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Executive Vice President, President and CEO, Sam’s Club
Walmart Stores
Total Compensation: $14.3 million
Breakdown: Salary, $668,500; Bonus, $1.3 million; Stock, $10.6 million; Other, $1.7 million
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Senior Executive Vice President, Wealth Management, Brokerage and Retirement
Wells Fargo
Total Compensation: $14.2 million
Breakdown: Salary, $700,000; Bonus, $11 million; Options, $2.5 million; Other, $32,800
Vice Chairman
Prudential Financial
Total Compensation: $13.6 million
Breakdown: Salary, $883,000; Bonus, $8 million; Stock, $2.8 million; Options, $1.9 million; Other, $69,640
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President and Chief Financial Officer
Occidental Petroleum
Total Compensation: $13.5 million
Breakdown: Salary, $720,000; Bonus, $1.4 million; Stock, $11 million; Other, $309,270
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President and Chief Operating Officer
State Street
Total Compensation: $13.4 million
Breakdown: Salary, $775,000; Bonus, $2.5 million; Stock, $10 million; Other, $143, 440
President
Aetna
Total Compensation: $12.6 million
Breakdown: Salary, $932, 400; Bonus, $612,000; Stock, $7.2 million; Options, $3.8 million; Other, $71,7000
Vice Chairman and Head of Global Consumer and Small Business Card Issuing, Network and Merchant Businesses
American Express
Total Compensation: $12.5 million
Breakdown: Salary, $862,000; Bonus, $5.6 million; Stock, $2.0 million; Options, $2.6 million; Other, $1.4 million
Senior Vice Chairman
PNC Financial Services
Total Compensation: $12 million
Breakdown: Salary, $2.3 million; Stock, $8 million; Options, $1.6 million; Other, $69,000
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Vice Chairman and Head of Capital Finance Business
General Electric
Total Compensation: $11.8 million
Breakdown: Salary, $1.8 million; Bonus, $2.9 million; Options, $6.9 million; Other, $270,000
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President and Chief Operating Officer, EMC Information Infrastructure Products
EMC
Total Compensation: $11.7 million
Breakdown: Salary, $182,300; Bonus, $500,000; Stock, $8.2 million; Options, $2.7 million; Other, $133,000
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Executive Vice President, Cisco Services and Chief Globalization Officer
Cisco Systems
Total Compensation: $11.6 million
Breakdown: Salary, $816,700; Bonus, $1 million; Stock, $7.9 million; Other, $2 million
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