Tim Cook has only been Apple’s CEO for about 18 months and already he’s making more than anyone else. Cook was just named the highest paid CEO in America by CNBC. How much does he make? On average, around $95 million.
If you’re curious to see who else is in the list, here’s CNBC’s lineup:
- Tim Cook (Apple) — $95 million
- Larry Ellison (Oracle) — $70 million
- Ron Johnson (JC Penney) — $53 million
- Leslie Moonves (CBS Corporation) — $52 million
- Richard Adkerson (Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold) — $49 million
- Philippe Dauman (Viacom) — $43 million
- John Hammergren (McKesson Corporation) — $42 million
- Aubrey McClendon (Chesapeake Energy) — $39 million
- James Gallogly (James Gallogly) — $35 million
- David Simon (Simon Property Group — $35 million
- Robert Iger (Walt Disney) — $33 million
- Rex Tillerson (Exxon Mobil Corporation) — $30 million
- Michael Jeffries (Abercrombie & Fitch) — $29 million
- Rupert Murdoch (News. Corp) $28 million
- Louis Camilleri (Philip Morris International) — $28 million
- David Zaslav (Discovery Communications) — $27 million
- Brian Roberts (Comcast Corporation) — $27 million
- Miles White (Abbott Laboratories) — $27 million
- Ralph Lauren (Ralph Lauren Corporation) — $27 million
- Kieran Gallahue (CareFusion Corporation) — $25 million
- David Cote (Honeywell International) — $25 million
Tim Cook is followed closely by Larry Ellison and Ron Johnson, who both have ties with Apple in one way or another. Ellison was a friend of Apple’s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, while Johnson was Apple’s vice president of retail for about eight years before taking a position at JC Penny.
I’d settle for the bottom spot on the list.
Source: CNBC via Cult of Mac
