Photographs: Nrkbeta/Creative Commons and Oracle
If you look at the highest paid men, you can easily conclude that technology companies such as Google, Apple and Oracle pay their senior staff more money than CEOs in best of the companies.
It also shows that the talent in technology sector is limited and these companies want to retain their senior staff at any cost.
Take example of Christopher Fry, the senior vice president of engineering at Twitter. The company paid him $10.3 million last year, slightly less than the CEO ($11.5 million). And in many companies, senior staff is making more money than the CEOs.
Let’s look the highest paid men in the corporate world.
Source: Fortune
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Stephen Lam/Reuters
John J. Donahoe
Rank: 25
Company: eBay
2012 total compensation: $29,705,081
John Donahoe is president and CEO of Ebay. In joined eBay in 2005 as president of eBay Marketplaces. He also serves on eBay and Intel Corp. Board of Directors.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
David C. Drummond
Rank: 24
Company: Google
2012 total compensation: $31,301,858
David Drummond joined Google in 2002, initially as vice president of corporate development. Today, as senior vice president and chief legal officer, he leads Google’s global teams for legal, government relations, corporate development (M&A and investment projects) and new business development.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Oracle
Thomas Kurian
Rank: 23
Company: Oracle
2012 total compensation: $31,635,712
Tomas Kurian is Executive Vice President of Oracle Product Development and reports to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
He is responsible for leading all aspects of product strategy, software development, and delivery of Oracle’s software product portfolio including Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and CRM.
He hails from Kerala and went to the US in 1986 to study at Princeton.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Annaly Capital Management
Michael A.J. Farrell
Rank: 22
Company: Annaly Capital Management
2012 total compensation: $32,016,284
Annaly Capital’s former Micheal A J Farrell passed away in October 2012. He is credited with building the company from the scratch and making it into the world’s largest mortgage real estate investment trust.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Annaly Capital Management
Hamilton E. James
Rank: 21
Company: The Blackstone Group
2012 total compensation: $33,273,924
Hamilton James is President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone. He is also a member of Blackstone’s Management and Executive Committees and sits on each of the firm’s investment committees.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Gretchen Ertl/Reuters
Philippe P. Dauman
Rank: 20
Company: Viacom
2012 total compensation: $33,396,104
Philippe Pierre Dauman is the President and CEO of Viacom. He has served at this post since September 2006. He is a long time associate of the company’s Chairman Sumner Redstone.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, KKR & Co.
George R. Roberts
Rank: 19
Company: KKR & Co.
2012 total compensation: $35,029,805
George Roberts co-founded KKR with Henry Kravis in 1976 and is Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, KKR & Co.
Henry R. Kravis
Rank: 18
Company: KKR & Co.
2012 total compensation: $35,029,805
Henry Kravis co-founded KKR in 1976 and is Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer.
He is actively involved in managing the Firm and serves on each of the regional Private Equity Investment and Portfolio Management Committees.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Rick Wilking/Reuters
Robert A. Iger
Rank: 17
Company: The Walt Disney Co
2012 total compensation: $37,103,208
Robert A. Iger is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company. As Chairman and CEO, Iger is the steward of the world's largest media company and some of the most respected and beloved brands around the globe.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Alex Wong/Getty Images
Richard M. Bracken
Rank: 16
Company: HCA Holdings
2012 total compensation: $38,559,950
Richard M. Bracken is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HCA. He started his career with HCA in 1981 and has held various executive positions within the company.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Google
Patrick Pichette
Rank: 15
Company: Google
2012 total compensation: $38,741,106
Patrick Pichette is Google’s chief financial officer. He has nearly 20 years of experience in financial operations and management in the telecommunications sector, including seven years at Bell Canada, which he joined in 2001 as executive vice president of planning and performance management.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Sebastien Nogier/Reuters
Henrique de Castro
Rank: 14
Company: Yahoo
2012 total compensation: $39,184,112
Henrique de Castro is the chief operating officer (COO) of Yahoo Inc., where he is responsible for the management of Yahoo’s sales, media, business development and operations worldwide.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Level 3 Communications
James Q. Crowe
Rank: 13
Company: Level 3 Communications
2012 total compensation: $40,708,970
In May, Level 3 Communications announced James Q. Crowe would stepped down as the CEO and he was succeeded by Jeff Storey. Crowe had assumed the leadership position of the company in 1997 and has been one of the mos successful CEOs.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Brian P. Friedman
Rank: 12
Company: Jefferies
2012 total compensation: $43,504,281
Brian P. Friedman is Chairman, Executive Committee, Jefferies & Company.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Oracle
Mark V. Hurd
Rank: 11
Company: Oracle
2012 total compensation: $43,592,574
Mark Hurd is President of Oracle Corporation and a member of the company's Board of Directors.
He joined Oracle in 2010, bringing more than 30 years of technology industry leadership, computer hardware expertise, and executive management experience to his role with the company.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Richard B. Handler
Rank: 10
Company: Jefferies
2012 total compensation: $45,144,281
Richard Handler is Chief Executive Officer and Director of Leucadia National Corporation, a diversified investment holding company with its largest operating company being investment bank Jefferies. He is also CEO and President of Jefferies.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Occidental Petroleum Corp
Ray R. Irani
Rank: 9
Company: Occidental Petroleum Corp.
2012 total compensation: $45,609,020
Ray R. Irani is the former Chairman and CEO of Occidental Petroleum. He has worked at Occidental Petroleum for over 20 years, serving as a director since 1984, chief operating officer (president) from 1984 to 1990, and chairman and chief executive officer from 1990.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Loic Le Meur/Wikipedia Commons
Nikesh Arora
Rank: 8
Company: Google
2012 total compensation: $46,735,674
Nikesh Arora works as Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Google. He oversees all revenue and customer operations, as well as marketing and partnerships.
Since joining Google in 2004, he has held several positions with the company and most recently, he led Google’s global direct sales operations.
He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Fred Prouser/Reuters
David M. Zaslav
Rank: 7
Company: Discovery Communications
2012 total compensation: $49,932,867
As the President and CEO, David Zaslav sets the strategy and oversees all operations of the world's no. 1 nonfiction media company that reaches more than two billion subscribers in 224 countries and territories.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons
Leslie Moonves
Rank: 6
Company: CBS Corp.
2012 total compensation: $60,253,647
Leslie Moonves is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation, one of the world’s largest media enterprises. In this role, he oversees all operations of the company, including the CBS Television Network, CBS Television Stations, CBS Television Studios, CBS Global Distribution, CBS Radio, CBS Outdoor, Simon & Schuster, and CBS Films and EcoMedia.
Moonves came to CBS in 1995 as President of Entertainment, after serving as president of Warner Bros.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Apple
Bruce D. Sewell
Rank: 5
Company: Apple
2012 total compensation: $62,029,562
Bruce Sewell is Apple’s general counsel and senior vice president of Legal and Government Affairs. Sewell serves on the company’s executive team and oversees all legal matters, including corporate governance, intellectual property, litigation and securities compliance, as well as government affairs.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Apple
Robert L. Mansfield
Rank: 2
Company: Apple
2012 total compensation: $62,033,312
On June 28, Apple sent out a press release stating that Mansfield, then SVP, Technologies, is retiring. In his place, Apple promoted Dan Riccio.
While Mansfield was at Apple, he was the head of Hardware Engineering division and led Mac hardware engineering since 2005 until his retirement, and had also led hardware engineering of iPhone and iPad.
He had joined Apple in 1999.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Apple
Peter Oppenheimer
Rank: 2
Company: Apple
2012 total compensation: $62,033,312
Peter Oppenheimer is Apple’s senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer. In his capacity as CFO, Oppenheimer oversees the controller, treasury, investor relations, tax, information systems, internal audit and facilities functions.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Apple
Jeffrey E. Williams
Rank: 2
Company: Apple
2012 total compensation: $62,033,312
Jeffrey Williams is Senior Vice President of operations at Apple. He leads a team of people around the world responsible for end-to-end supply chain management and dedicated to ensuring that Apple products meet the highest standards of quality.
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Two India-born executives among the highest paid men
Photographs: Courtesy, Oracle
Lawrence J. Ellison
Rank: 1
Company: Oracle Corp.
2012 total compensation: $78,440,657
Lawrence J. Ellison is the CEO of Oracle Corporation and he had co-founded the company with Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
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