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Ten Highest Paid CEOs of 2010 (MCK, OCR, TRW, VRSK, CVS, GGP, RL, VNO, AET, GBL)

When it comes to executive pay, the amounts paid to today’s highest paid CEOs equals the GDP of a small emerging nation. The ten most highly compensated CEOs according to a recent survey by GMI took home about $770 million,…

By Paul Ausick
Published December 15, 2011, 12:07pm ET · 1 min read

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When it comes to executive pay, the amounts paid to today’s highest paid CEOs equals the GDP of a small emerging nation. The ten most highly compensated CEOs according to a recent survey by GMI took home about $770 million, more than the GDP of Vanuatu or Samoa, among others.
The GMI survey measures what the firm calls “total realized compensation,” which is further defined as “compensation that has been received by the CEO, rather than any notional estimates, accounting costs, or other uncertainties.” Here’s the list:

CEO

Company

Ticker

Compensation
John Hammergren McKesson Corp. MCK

$145,266,971
Joel Gemunder Omnicare, Inc. OCR

$98,283,242
John Plant TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. TRW

$76,841,646
Frank Coyne Verisk Analytics, Inc. VRSK

$69,416,726
Thomas Ryan CVS Caremark Corp. CVS

$68,079,823
Adam Metz General Growth Properties, Inc. GGP

$66,707,460
Ralph Lauren Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. RL

$66,651,515
Michael Fascitelli Vornado Realty Trust VNO

$64,402,468
Ronald Williams Aetna, Inc. AET

$57,787,786
Mario Gabelli GAMCO Investors Inc. GBL

$56,608,736
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Paul Ausick

Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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