America’s Top 100 Highest Paid CEO’s of 2011

Recently on Stocks on Wall Street’s Fan Page we have been guessing who was the highest paid CEO of 2011? Well we can finally end all speculation, in a huge surprise, Stephen J Hemsley, CEO of UnitedHealth Group was America’s highest paid CEO in 2011 making a whopping $101,965,000. Adding to that the man owns 111,400,000 shares of UnitedHealth Group. That’s some serious wealth for a man who has immense amounts of power now a days. Anyways, thanks to all who guessed on our fan page and hope you enjoy the list below:

Rank	Name	Company	1-Year Pay ($mil)	5 Year Pay ($mil)	Shares Owned ($mil)	Age	Efficiency
1	Stephen J Hemsley	UnitedHealth Group	101.96⁵	120.47²	111.4	58	–
2	Edward A Mueller	Qwest Communications	65.80	75.00³	36.3	64	–
3	Robert A Iger	Walt Disney	53.32	147.08	43.4	60	–
4	George Paz	Express Scripts	51.52	100.21	79.5	56	–
5	Lew Frankfort	Coach	49.45	137.87	133.9	65	86
6	Ralph Lauren	Polo Ralph Lauren	43.00	155.25	3,417.8	71	74
7	John C Martin	Gilead Sciences	42.72	204.24	76.8	59	72
8	James T Hackett	Anadarko Petroleum	38.94	97.38	24.6	57	93
9	John T Chambers	Cisco Systems	37.90	170.34	58.0	61	190
10	Ivan G Seidenberg	Verizon Commun	36.75	130.19	76.5	64	163
11	David E I Pyott	Allergan	33.76	104.60	14.9	58	82
12	Gregory T Lucier	Life Technologies	33.75	73.13	15.8	46	141
13	Charles D Davidson	Noble Energy	33.44	54.96	38.2	61	29
14	John H Hammergren	McKesson	32.46	173.57	42.3	52	91
15	Joseph M Tucci	EMC	31.63	86.79	34.1	63	137
16	Jen-Hsun Huang	Nvidia	31.40⁵	137.25	372.1	48	38
17	Gregory H Boyce	Peabody Energy	30.66	85.07	14.1	56	–
18	F H Merelli	Cimarex Energy	30.53	47.44	84.7	75	25
19	Samuel J Palmisano	IBM	30.32	127.80	102.9	59	173
20	Louis C Camilleri	Philip Morris Intl	30.08⁵	–	103.3	56	–
21	Michael D Watford	Ultra Petroleum	30.03⁵	201.21	156.6	57	116
22	Howard D Schultz	Starbucks	29.73	159.50²	672.0	57	–
23	David C Novak	Yum Brands	29.67	199.88	13.6	58	58
24	Kent J Thiry	DaVita	29.51⁵	126.09	15.3	55	63
25	David N Farr	Emerson Electric	28.93	68.72	80.4	56	80
26	Alexander M Cutler	Eaton	28.47	90.23	30.3	59	122
27	Howard Solomon	Forest Labs	27.10	105.76	35.7	83	169
28	Leslie Moonves	CBS	26.41⁵	129.93	26.3	62	–
29	Richard C Adkerson	Freeport Copper	25.29⁵	179.10	172.8	64	55
30	William H Swanson	Raytheon	24.88⁵	97.77	41.9	62	149
31	Jeffery H Boyd	Priceline.com	24.38⁵	40.77	89.9	54	3
32	Louis R Chenevert	United Technologies	23.97	60.45²	27.7	53	–
33	Donald E Washkewicz	Parker-Hannifin	23.88	66.31	54.5	60	96
34	Peter J Rose	Expeditors Intl	23.63	66.96	55.2	68	26
35	George W Buckley	3M	23.22	55.55	12.2	64	–
36	John P Daane	Altera	23.19	32.96	15.4	47	42
37	James R Young	Union Pacific	23.06	49.71	82.5	59	–
38	Marshall O Larsen	Goodrich	22.43	54.00	11.8	62	17
39	Robert J Hugin	Celgene	22.39^5,6	–	33.9	56	–
40	David B Snow Jr	Medco Health	22.19	87.10	17.2	56	36
41	Jay S Fishman	Travelers Cos	22.03⁵	58.58	26.9	58	–
42	Richard B Handler	Jefferies Group	21.30	145.08	286.4	49	148
43	Randall L Stephenson	AT&T	21.28	55.29²	15.5	51	–
44	Michael A J Farrell	Annaly Capital Managem	21.18⁵	64.48	39.8	59	88
45	James A Skinner	McDonald’s	20.71	75.07	24.3	66	22
46	Donald E Felsinger	Sempra Energy	20.60⁵	56.83	18.9	63	–
47	William R Berkley	WR Berkley	20.35⁵	200.03	738.8	65	132
48	Mark C Pigott	Paccar	20.20	80.12	164.6	57	128
49	Stephen I Chazen	Occidental Petroleum	20.13⁶	–	202.3	64	–
50	Philippe P Dauman	Viacom	19.94	64.57	15.6	57	–
51	Michael J Ward	CSX	19.83	96.78	28.2	60	20
52	Keith D Nosbusch	Rockwell Automation	19.69	32.49	32.6	60	100
53	Indra K Nooyi	PepsiCo	19.63	56.50	15.2	55	–
54	John W Conway	Crown Holdings	19.33	64.69	56.9	65	53
55	Laurence D Fink	BlackRock	19.31⁵	116.22	249.0	58	40
56	Ian M Cook	Colgate-Palmolive	19.23	39.98²	23.3	59	–
57	Daniel P Amos	Aflac	19.17	133.89	276.6	59	97
58	Frederick W Smith	FedEx	19.07	108.68	1,759.3	66	150
59	John F Coyne	Western Digital	19.03	48.40	13.8	61	–
60	William R Johnson	HJ Heinz	19.02	57.42	55.0	62	129
61	Michael T Fries	Liberty Global	18.98⁵	45.55	26.2	48	–
62	James M Cracchiolo	Ameriprise Financial	18.83	62.92	14.6	53	–
63	Clayton M Jones	Rockwell Collins	18.77	47.72	8.0	61	103
64	William C Weldon	Johnson & Johnson	18.36	88.69	26.3	62	188
65	J Wayne Leonard	Entergy	18.12	101.96	24.4	60	158
66	Christopher M Connor	Sherwin-Williams	17.75	73.16	46.1	55	52
67	Timothy M Manganello	BorgWarner	17.73	46.36	43.4	60	11
68	H Lawrence Culp Jr	Danaher	17.72	197.88	61.6	48	94
69	Kenneth I Chenault	American Express	17.44	95.19	43.5	59	193
70	G Steven Farris	Apache	17.36	69.05	58.6	63	95
71	John D Finnegan	Chubb	17.21	106.00	45.8	62	86
72	Robert A Eckert	Mattel	16.91	53.87	9.6	56	108
73	Brian L Roberts	Comcast	16.84⁵	146.28	458.5	51	159
74	Wendell P Weeks	Corning	16.76	69.50	10.5	51	–
75	Irene B Rosenfeld	Kraft Foods	16.71⁵	33.38²	29.1	57	–
76	Frits D van Paasschen	Starwood Hotels	16.66	25.01²	11.2	49	–
77	John F Brock	Coca-Cola Enterprises	16.59	27.96	4.4	62	–
78	Thomas M Ryan	CVS Caremark	16.56⁵	117.49	73.6	58	157
79	Aubrey K McClendon	Chesapeake Energy	16.55⁵	307.02	98.3	50	161
80	Robert L Parkinson Jr	Baxter International	16.42	40.51	17.7	60	78
81	R David Yost	AmerisourceBergen	16.37	44.65	56.9	64	30
82	Michael T Duke	Wal-Mart Stores	16.27⁵	–	36.8	60	–
83	James A C Kennedy	T Rowe Price	15.97	54.73	163.6	58	–
84	Daniel J Starks	St Jude Medical	15.95⁵	82.92	311.9	57	–
85	Richard W Dreiling	Dollar General	15.89⁵	–	9.6	58	–
86	Miles D White	Abbott Laboratories	15.51	117.50	61.5	56	187
87	James L Dolan	Cablevision Systems	15.33⁵	85.62	41.0	55	64
88	Jeffrey L Bewkes	Time Warner	15.31⁵	48.47³	10.0	58	–
89	W Benjamin Moreland	Crown Castle Intl	15.21⁵	–	35.5	47	–
90	K Rupert Murdoch	News Corp	15.20	107.85	5,325.8	80	178
91	Carol Bartz	Yahoo	15.16⁵	–	27.0	62	–
92	Mark Donegan	Precision Castparts	15.10	87.17	31.8	53	15
93	William P Sullivan	Agilent Technologies	14.92	53.68	14.0	62	89
94	Glenn M Renwick	Progressive	14.81	44.10	70.9	55	110
95	Gale E Klappa	Wisconsin Energy	14.75	35.94	6.4	60	47
96	Sanjay K Jha	Motorola Moity	14.70	–	26.8	48	–
97	Mark G Parker	NIKE	14.53	43.83	21.6	55	–
98	Robert J Stevens	Lockheed Martin	14.47	120.77	32.3	59	143
99	Stephen A Roell	Johnson Controls	14.27	43.58²	28.0	61	–
100	Michael H Thaman	Owens Corning	14.26	25.66²	25.7	47	–

America’s Top 100 Highest Paid CEO’s of 2011

America’s Top 100 Highest Paid CEO’s of 2011

Stephen J Hemsley

Edward A Mueller

Robert A Iger

George Paz

Lew Frankfort

Ralph Lauren

John C Martin

James T Hackett

John T Chambers

Ivan G Seidenberg

David E I Pyott

Gregory T Lucier

Charles D Davidson

John H Hammergren

Joseph M Tucci

Jen-Hsun Huang

Gregory H Boyce

F H Merelli

Samuel J Palmisano

Louis C Camilleri

Michael D Watford

Howard D Schultz

David C Novak

Kent J Thiry

David N Farr

Alexander M Cutler

Howard Solomon

Leslie Moonves

Richard C Adkerson

William H Swanson

Jeffery H Boyd

Louis R Chenevert

Donald E Washkewicz

Peter J Rose

George W Buckley

John P Daane

James R Young

Marshall O Larsen

Robert J Hugin

David B Snow Jr

Jay S Fishman

Richard B Handler

Randall L Stephenson

Michael A J Farrell

James A Skinner

Donald E Felsinger

William R Berkley

Mark C Pigott

Stephen I Chazen

Philippe P Dauman

Michael J Ward

Keith D Nosbusch

Indra K Nooyi

John W Conway

Laurence D Fink

Ian M Cook

Daniel P Amos

Frederick W Smith

John F Coyne

William R Johnson

Michael T Fries

James M Cracchiolo

Clayton M Jones

William C Weldon

J Wayne Leonard

Christopher M Connor

Timothy M Manganello

H Lawrence Culp Jr

Kenneth I Chenault

G Steven Farris

John D Finnegan

Robert A Eckert

Brian L Roberts

Wendell P Weeks

Irene B Rosenfeld

Frits D van Paasschen

John F Brock

Thomas M Ryan