The 10 Highest Paid CEOs Of 2010: Equilar

(AP) The 50 highest-paid CEOs for 2010 in an Associated Press analysis for Standard & Poor's 500 companies. The analysis includes companies that had the same CEO for all of 2009 and 2010 and that filed proxy statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission between Jan. 1 and April 30. They are based on the AP's compensation formula, which adds up salary, perks, bonuses, preferential interest rates on pay set aside for later, and company estimates for the value of stock options and stock awards on the day they were granted last year.

Source: Equilar

Below are the top ten highest-paid CEOs of 2010

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10. Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner, $26.1 million

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[eclipse535]

02:19 AM on 06/14/2011

I wish I were one of those guys.

[Mercy8 om]

04:44 PM on 05/28/2011

And to hell with the rest of us...

[ignacio sanabria]

09:48 PM on 05/26/2011

Let`s see: If a CEO makes, say, 50 million a year, that would be $17,361 per hour on a 8 hour working day. This would men that they create ideas or products worth at least $35,000 per hour so they get paid by their achievements. Why the American people do not elect these geniuses to run the country? We all will be well off in no time.

[LabRat]

06:55 PM on 05/15/2011

so they fire peple to get 100%+ pay raises on huge salaries?

[yaller986]

11:26 AM on 05/14/2011

If you threw in athletes in the mix more than half of the CEO's of corps would not be on the list. I think CEO's do more the economy than some jock.

[JPatrickHickey]

02:04 PM on 05/11/2011

What this country needs is for those with the greatest wealth to revive the tradition of nobless oblige as a higher calling and the noble obligation to share their wealth with the country that made such prosperity possible. Say they contribute 90% for the greater good, one way or another, and keep 10% which is still more than they need to live the good life.

Otherwise such outlandish compensation is a symptom of the falling U.S. empire. What good will that wealth be in the first major so-called democracy to bite the dust?

Anyone who manages to usurp great wealth while millions are losing their jobs and homes, is sociopathological by nature. Unfortunately, integrity is a forgotten value in the corporate government, these days.

Most Americans have been acting like they're developmentally retarded, or they would have taken drastic measures during the autumn of 1008. If and when our poorest citizens are cut off of medical care, and they die-off begins, will that prove to be a wake-up call?

[Adam Lassila]

04:37 PM on 05/13/2011

And we have the lowest tax rates on the rich since the 1920s. Raise the rate on the 250k-1m bracket to 50%, the 1m-5m bracket to 70% (like it was in the 70s), and the 5m+ bracket to 90% (still lower than it was under Eisenhower. Our gov't's broke becuase we don't expect our citizens to contribute.

[kag18]

07:45 PM on 05/21/2011

I am really sorry, but no one should pay 70% of there income in taxes, that is ridiculous, if I am reading what you said correctly. just make it fair across the board. I dont make no where near the 250 lol, but still I dont feel no one should pay 70 % or even 50% just quit giving the huge tax breaks, and make it even across the board

[smmurray]

12:16 PM on 05/11/2011

How about using some of this money to feed and house all the starving and homeless people in the world?

[Mr Nightlinger]

10:17 PM on 05/09/2011

Now let's see how much these pigs paid in taxes, and let's see how they have rewarded the workers (middle class) who have made their companies run...while they have driven the lobbyists in Washington to keep policy slanted to keep things the way they are...meanwhile, asking we (the middle class workers) to pay more in taxes. WASHINGTON DOES NOT HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM AS BOEHNER LIKES TO KEEP SAYING...IT HAS A COLLECTIONS PROBLEM: THE GREEDY, UPPER 1% PIGS ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING...BUT THEY ASK YOU TO CONTRIBUTE AND SACRIFICE MORE!!!

[Mr Nightlinger]

01:50 AM on 05/11/2011

Watch this program and you will understand something about ways in which billionaires can avoid paying any tax: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/60_minutes/video/?pid=60Xvrz7IZ83xKQO3ISlQawCKbdHt1504

[Now You Know]

11:50 AM on 05/11/2011

Mr Gightlinger, I always wondered what happened to you after taking all that money back to Mrs Anderson.....

[Mr Nightlinger]

02:11 AM on 05/12/2011

Cowboys II? I smell a sequel! Thanks for getting the reference. You are the first to comment on my name.

[bradhshickoh]

08:28 PM on 05/09/2011

This type of thing is totally and completely uncalled for. As a manufacturers rep. in the70's thru the 90's, I worked for some of the most worthless and totally dumb so called CEO'S. They would jump from job to job and accomplish nothing on their own. I have seen the worst of the worst. Most have very little knowledge of what they are doing, and don't last long. Why do Corporations need a so called CEO makes no sense at all.

[AcademicFreedom]

05:36 PM on 05/09/2011

Interesting how the CEO of a left-wing media company is on the list - Republicans are supposed to be greedy; yet, how did this darling of the left get so much money. Man bites dog story!!!!

[MrUniteUs]

09:45 PM on 05/09/2011

Which company.

[Ichigo Kurosaki]

04:46 PM on 05/09/2011

That is such GARBAGE! The CEO of United HealthCare made over $1.4 BILLION! This doesn't count all of those over-paid hedge fund managers who routinely take home 9-10 figure paychecks.

[Mr Nightlinger]

10:18 PM on 05/09/2011

Remember, this site is now owned and policed by AOL Time Warner. And these are probably their "taxable incomes." However, none of these greedy, unAmerican pigs pay taxes.

[morris111]

04:49 AM on 05/10/2011

How are they pigs? How do you know they pay "no" taxes? Have you seen their IRS filings?

What's "un-American" about being successful and reaping the benefits of one's success?

[kag18]

07:49 PM on 05/21/2011

whats your problem? most of them were some kind of Dr who have over 100k in school loans and they are only making 200k?? grow up

[sextonfan]

03:54 PM on 05/09/2011

Oops, mean gold digger's.

[sextonfan]

03:53 PM on 05/09/2011

This is like the gold diggers hit list :)

[NunuDudu]

02:22 PM on 05/09/2011

No women and just one minority.

[FatJimmy]

02:46 PM on 05/09/2011

Are you suggesting they should hire based on color?

[sextonfan]

03:53 PM on 05/09/2011

Funny, the statement was "no women and just one minority" and you ignore the "no women" statement and hyperfocus on color. Humans are fascinating subjects to observe, and your prejudices are showing, fatjimmy.

[NunuDudu]

05:33 PM on 05/09/2011

Yes. That's exactly what I'm suggesting. I'm also suggesting that they should hire based on gender as well.

Sense the sarcasm?

[PirateJohn]

11:27 AM on 05/09/2011

People talk about rich CEO's being greedy as though their own envy was any less of a deadly sin.

Get real, people. I'm against corruption and greed as much as anyone else, but the capitalist economic system is based on using money as an enticement for people to innovate and work harder.

You can argue all you want about greed being a bad thing and I'm not going to disagree with you, but the responses I've seen here have nothing to do with actual corruption, but merely hating the rich for being rich. That's called envy, folks.

[FatJimmy]

02:50 PM on 05/09/2011

People think they're poor because someone else is rich. This is a trained response from the liberal media.

[subs99]

04:23 PM on 05/09/2011

We have private for-profit businesses running jails in the US. Their incentive is to make profit. So what is in their best profit interest?

More criminals = more profit.

More crimes committed = more profit.

Worse crimes = longer client stays in their facilities = more profit.

Is it in YOUR best interest to have more criminals committing more crimes, and worse crimes, in your neighborhood?

Is profit "Greed is Good" ***always*** the best incentive? For a company, maybe yes, for society as a whole, and lets say YOUR children... not so much!

How about when you go to the doctor and your HMO says, "you pay lots for your health insurance, but *that* isn't covered because it cuts into our profit, so you are going to die." Is that good for you? If you do NOT think it is GOOD that a company NOT doing a life saving procedure on YOU because it would cut into their profit, then you must be a commie. :)