Highest Paid CEOs in the World




The findings of Equilar 200 Highest Paid CEO rankings indicate that the median or average pay for the top 200 CEOs in the world was $17.6 million.

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Here are the top ten highly paid CEOs in the world

David M. Zaslav photo

  • David M. Zaslav – $156,077,912. He is the president and CEO of Discovery Communications. The company has TV channels like Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC and others.

Michael T. Fries

  • Michael T. Fries – $111,914,319. He is the CEO and Vice President of Liberty Global, one of the biggest Internet Service Providers in the world.

mario g. Gabelli

  • Mario J. Gabelli – $88,518,411 – He is the CEO, Chairman and Founder of Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors (GAMCO Investors).

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nick woodman gopro founder

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  • Nicholas Woodman – $77,427,175. He is the founder and CEO of GoPro (action camera brand).

Gregory B. Maffei

  • Gregory B. Maffei – $73,750,882. He is the president and CEO of Liberty Media Corporation which owns several entertainment, travel and media business. Liberty Media has a strong digital presence in the form of top-line websites like Bodybuilding.com, QVC, Evite, CommerceHub, Expedia and Tripadvisor.

larry ellison

  • Larry Ellison – $67,261,251. He is the founder, executive chairman and CEO of the Oracle Corporation.

Steven Mollenkopf qualcomm ceo

  • Steven M. Mollenkopf – $60,740,592. He is the CEO of Qualcomm, which is the leader in the semiconductor business.

David T. Hamamoto

  • David T. Hamamoto – $60,334,396. He is the CEO of NorthStar Reality Finance.

Les Moonves CBS CEO owner

 

  • Leslie Moonves – $54,403,721. He is the president and CEO of CBS Corporation.

A thing to note is that the highest paid woman CEO is Marissa Mayer of Yahoo, earning $42.1 million, at the 14th position.

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