The 17 Highest-Paid CEOs In Tech ~ TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Wednesday, 6 August 2014

The 17 Highest-Paid CEOs In Tech

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#17 Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen was paid $15.7 million in 2013, up from $12 million the previous year.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $941,667

Bonus: $1,638,500

Perks: $19,211

Stock: $13,148,100

Options: $0

#16 Verizon head Lowell McAdam took home $15.8 million in 2013.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,480,769

Bonus: $4,125,000

Perks: $780,874

Stock: $9,375,077

Options: $0

#15 Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor made $15.9 million in 2013.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $977,154

Bonus: $1,631,700

Perks: $5,100

Stock: $13,333,733

Options: $0

#14 Godfrey Sullivan, CEO of enterprise software company Splunk, made $17 million in 2013. That's a 1,818% increase from the previous year's pay.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $350,000

Bonus: $630,000

Perks: $16,207

Stock: $16,011,200

Options: $0

#13 Despite having a $1 salary, Hewlett-Packard chief Meg Whitman made $17.6 million in 2013, up from $15.4 million in 2012.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1

Bonus: $260,000

Perks: $275,334

Stock: $4,394,475

Options: $12,713,433

#12 Former Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs took home $20.4 million in 2013. Jacobs stepped down from his position in December, and he now serves as executive chairman on the company's board.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,200,014

Bonus: $3,488,325

Perks: $760,532

Stock: $15,000,069

Options: $0

#11 AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson made $20.6 million in 2013.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,633,333

Bonus: $5,000,000

Perks: $522,203

Stock: $13,441,558

Options: $0

#10 Cisco CEO John Chambers made $21 million in 2013, an 80% increase over his 2012 pay.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,100,000

Bonus: $4,700,080

Perks: $11,769

Stock: $15,237,652

Options: $0

#9 In her first full year as CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer made $24.9 million. She was the second-highest paid female executive overall.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,000,000

Bonus: $1,702,250

Perks: $73,863

Stock: $8,312,316

Options: $13,847,282

#8 Paul Ricci, CEO of Nuance Communications, took home $29.2 million in 2013. Nuance developed the technology that powers Siri.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $800,000

Bonus: $300,000

Perks: $226,829

Stock: $27,900,000

Options: $0

#7 T-Mobile's John Legere was paid $29.2 million in his first year as CEO.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,250,000

Bonus: $5,358,333

Perks: $137,325

Stock: $22,500,051

Options: $0

#6 Tony Aquila, CEO of Texas-based auto insurance software provider Solera Holdings, made $29.9 million in 2013.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $780,000

Bonus: $1,247,000

Perks: $101,250

Stock: $1,367,316

Options: $26,400,045

#5 Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made a total of $31.3 million in 2013.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,200,000

Bonus: $1,686,600

Perks: $784,088

Stock: $0

Options: $27,662,644

#4 TripAdvisor CEO Steve Kaufer took home $39 million in 2013, a 510% increase over his 2012 pay.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $500,000

Bonus: $450,000

Perks: $10,101

Stock: $0

Options: $38,054,0126

#3 LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner made $49.1 million in 2013, a jaw-dropping 4,075% increase from his 2012 compensation.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $583,750

Bonus: $1,094,531

Perks: $4,664

Stock: $18,709,690

Options: $28,678,729

#2 New Zynga CEO Don Mattrick made $57.8 million in his first year on the job.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $481,409

Bonus: $5,969,863

Perks: $371

Stock: $38,035,712

Options: $13,327,036

#1 Oracle's Larry Ellison was tech's best paid executive in 2013, ranking third among all CEOs. He made $78.4 million in 2013, down from $96.2 million the previous year.