50 Highest-Paid CEOs of 2012 – AP Pay Survey

50 Highest-Paid CEOs of 2012 – AP Pay Survey

The 50 highest-paid CEOs for 2011, according to an Associated Press. To determine 2011 pay packages, the AP used Equilar data to look at the 322 companies in the S&P 500of Standard & Poor's 500 companies that had filed statements with federal regulators through April 30. To make comparisons fair, the sample includes only CEOs in place for at least two years. The 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 in 2011.

1. David Simon, Simon Property Group, $137.2 million, up 458 percent

2. Leslie Moonves, CBS, $68.4 million, up 20 percent

3. David M. Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $52.4 million, up 23 percent

4. Sanjay K. Jha, Motorola Mobility, $47.2 million, up 262 percent

5. Philippe P. Dauman, Viacom, $43.1 million, down 49 percent

6. David M. Cote, Honeywell International, $35.7 million, up 135 percent

7. Robert A. Iger, Walt Disney, $31.4 million, up 12 percent

8. Clarence P. Cazalot Jr., Marathon Oil, $29.9 million, up 239 percent

9. John P. Daane, Altera, $29.6, million, up 278 percent

10. Alan Mulally, Ford Motor, $29.5 million, up 11 percent

11. Gregory Q. Brown, Motorola Solutions, $29.3 million, up 113 percent

12. Richard C. Adkerson, Freeport-McMoRan, $28.4 million, down 19 percent

13. Ian M. Cumming, Leucadia National, $28.2 million, up 531 percent

14. Brian L. Roberts, Comcast, $26.9 million, down 13 percent

15. Jeffrey L. Bewkes, Time Warner, $25.7 million, down 2 percent

16. Rex W. Tillerson, Exxon Mobil, $25.2 million, up 17 percent

17. Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM, $24.2 million, down 4 percent

18. William C. Weldon, Johnson & Johnson, $23.4 million, up 1 percent

19. James Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, $23.1 million, up 11 percent

20. Louis R. Chenevert, United Technologies, $22.9 million, up 17 percent

21. Kenneth I. Chenault, American Express, $22.5 million, up 38 percent

22. Laurence D. Fink, BlackRock, $21.9 million, down 8 percent

23. Paul E. Jacobs, Qualcomm, $21.7 million, up 23 percent

24. H. Lawrence Culp Jr., Danaher, $21.7 million, up 27 percent

25. Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola, $21.2 million, up 10 percent

26. Kirk S. Hachigian, Cooper Industries, $21.1 million, down 16 percent

27. Wesley G. Bush, Northrop Grumman, $21 million, down 5 percent

28. Robert J. Stevens, Lockheed Martin, $20.5 million, up 7 percent

29. Louis C. Camilleri, Philip Morris International, $20.2 million, down 2 percent

30. Gregg W. Steinhafel, Target, $19.5 million, down 18 percent

31. James T. Hackett, Anadarko Petroleum, $19.5 million, up 4 percent

32. Steve Ells, Chipotle Mexican Grill, $19.4 million, up 38 percent

33. Leslie H. Wexner, Limited Brands, $19.2 million, down 6 percent

34. James J. Mulva, ConocoPhillips, $19.2 million, up 7 percent

35. Miles D. White, Abbott Laboratories, $19 million, down 6 percent

36. David M. Cordani, Cigna, $18.9 million, up 25 percent

37. Kevin W. Sharer, Amgen, $18.9 million, down 11 percent

38. Montgomery F. Moran, Chipotle Mexican Grill, $18.8 million, up 39 percent

39. Randall L. Stephenson, AT&T, $18.7 million, down 8 percent

40. Richard D. Fairbank, Capital One Financial, $18.7 million, up 26 percent

41. Debra A. Cafaro, Ventas, $18.5 million, up 117 percent

42. W. James McNerney Jr., Boeing, $18.4 million, up 34 percent

43. John S. Watson, Chevron, $18.1 million, up 30 percent

44. Michael T. Duke, Wal-Mart Stores, $18.1 million, down 3 percent

45. John G. Stumpf, Wells Fargo, $17.9 million, up 2 percent

46. Kent J. Thiry, DaVita, $17.5 million, up 24 percent

47. James M. Cracchiolo, Ameriprise Financial, $17.3 million, up 3 percent

48. Paul S. Otellini, Intel, $17.2 million, up 11 percent

49. Robert J. Coury, Mylan, $16.8 million, up 12 percent

50. Evan G. Greenberg, ACE, $16.6 million, up 6 percent