Highest-Paid CEOs

Occupy Wall Street notwithstanding, CEOs in America and around the world continue to be paid a lot of dough. With an unemployment level of 8.5% and the threat of an unstable Europe hovering over Americans, a lot of fear and insecurity has crept in, with many preparing themselves for a double-dip recession. But, if we take a look at the compensation packages of some of our top CEOs, then we - the '99%' may be living in a different world. Apple welcomed its CEO, Mr. Tim Cook by offering him an annual package of $378 million dollars, majority of which is in the form of restricted stock units. John Hammergren may not be making even half of what his counterpart at Apple has been offered, but he has the backing of ObamaCare to see him through in troubled times. On third spot is Ralph Lauren who continues to make it to the list year in and year out. The striking feature is that Tim Cook is set to earn more than the combined income of the next five highest-paid CEOs in the list. Let us take a look at the list of the highest-paid CEOs in the world.

The Highest-Paid CEOs in the World

Name	Company	Net Salary
Tim Cook	Apple	$378 million
John Hammergren	McKesson	$131.2 million
Ralph Lauren	Polo Ralph Lauren	$66.7 million
Michael Fascitelli	Vornado Realty	$64.4 million
Robert Iger	Walt Disney	$53.3 million
George Paz	Express Scripts	$51.5 million
Jeffrey Boyd	Priceline.com	$50.2 million
Lew Frankfort	Coach	$49.5 million
Stephen Hemsley	UnitedHealth Group	$48.8 million
John D. Wren	Omnicom Group	$45.6 million
Michael Watford	Ultra Petroleum	$43.7 million
John C Martin	Gilead Sciences	$42.7 million
James Dimon	JPMorgan Chase	$42 million
Leslie Moonves	CBS	$41.5 million

(Source : Forbes)

Top-Paid CEOs Outside America

India	Japan	Canada
Mukesh Ambani Kalanithi Maran Sunil Mittal K Anji Reddy B L Munjal	Carlos Ghosn Howard Stringer Alan MacKenzie Reiji Hosoya Hajime Satomi	Thomas Glocer Ted Rogers J. M. Lipton Robert Brown George Cope

How much CEOs should be paid has been the subject of intense debate in print and electronic media. Many thinkers have stressed that there is an urgent need to tackle the real problem of unstable economy rather than blaming the CEOs for everything. Nevertheless, CEOs in top multinational companies continue to take fat paychecks, year in and year out, and whether the Occupy Wall Street protests have any impact on their earnings next year remains to be seen. I hope this article on highest-paid CEOs was informative and gave you an insight into the worth of the top CEOs in the world.