Larry Ellison, chief executive officer of Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), was last year the highest paid CEO in the U.S., after he received a compensation of $96.2 million, which includes stock options worth $90.7 million, salary, bonus and perks valued at $3.9 million.
In second place is Richard Bracken, CEO of HCA Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HCA), the largest private operator of hospitals and clinics worldwide. Bracken received for last year a package valued at $38.6 million.
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) CEO, Robert Iger, is the third in this top with $37.1 million, followed by Nike (NYSE:NKE) CEO Mark Parker, with $35.2 million.
5th place is occupied by the head of Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA), Philippe Dauman, with $33.4 million, then president of eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), John Donahoe, who received a compensation of $29.7 million.
Top 10 is completed by the president and CEO of Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), Howard Schultz, with a package of $28.9 million, the head of Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:OXY), Stephen Chazen, with $28.5 million, American Express (NYSE:AXP) CEO Kenneth Chenault, $28 million, and Louis Camilleri, chairman and CEO of Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM), with $24.7 million.
Data were compiled from a survey by research company Equilar, which analyzed the financial compensation received last year by executives of publicly traded U.S. companies with annual revenue of over $5 billion.
The financial compensation received by the heads of these companies last year was in average $14 million.
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