17 highest-paid tech CEOs

While some tech CEOs, including Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg and Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have opted to receive a $1 annual salary, others are still bringing in the big bucks.

The New York Times recently put together a list of the 200 highest-paid CEOs in America. Many of them run tech companies.

Only chief executives leading companies with a market capitalization of at least $1 billion were considered.

While longtime CEOs like Larry Ellison and Marc Benioff are no strangers to lists like this one, there were some surprises. Here are 17 highest-paid tech CEOs from the list.

1.
Shantanu Narayen was paid $15.7 million in 2013, up from $12 million the previous year.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $941,667
Bonus: $1,638,500
Perks: $19,211
Stock: $13,148,100
Options: $0
Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $941,667
Bonus: $1,638,500
Perks: $19,211
Stock: $13,148,100
Options: $0

2.

Lowell McAdam took home $15.8 million in 2013.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,480,769
Bonus: $4,125,000
Perks: $780,874
Stock: $9,375,077
Options: $0

3.

Scott McGregor made $15.9 million in 2013.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $977,154
Bonus: $1,631,700
Perks: $5,100
Stock: $13,333,733
Options: $0

4.

Godfrey Sullivan, CEO of enterprise software company Splunk, made $17 million in 2013. That’s a 1,818% increase from the previous year’s pay.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $350,000
Bonus: $630,000
Perks: $16,207
Stock: $16,011,200
Options: $0

5.

Despite having a $1 salary, Hewlett-Packard chief Meg Whitman made $17.6 million in 2013, up from $15.4 million in 2012.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1
Bonus: $260,000
Perks: $275,334
Stock: $4,394,475
Options: $12,713,433

6.

Former Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs took home $20.4 million in 2013. Jacobs stepped down from his position in December, and he now serves as executive chairman on the company’s board.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,200,014
Bonus: $3,488,325
Perks: $760,532
Stock: $15,000,069
Options: $0

7.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson made $20.6 million in 2013.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,633,333
Bonus: $5,000,000
Perks: $522,203
Stock: $13,441,558
Options: $0

8.

Cisco CEO John Chambers made $21 million in 2013, an 80% increase over his 2012 pay.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,100,000
Bonus: $4,700,080
Perks: $11,769
Stock: $15,237,652
Options: $0

9.

In her first full year as CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer made $24.9 million. She was the second-highest paid female executive overall.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,000,000
Bonus: $1,702,250
Perks: $73,863
Stock: $8,312,316
Options: $13,847,282

10.

Paul Ricci, CEO of Nuance Communications, took home $29.2 million in 2013. Nuance developed the technology that powers Siri.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $800,000
Bonus: $300,000
Perks: $226,829
Stock: $27,900,000
Options: $0

11.

T-Mobile’s John Legere was paid $29.2 million in his first year as CEO.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,250,000 Bonus: $5,358,333
Perks: $137,325
Stock: $22,500,051
Options: $0

12.

Tony Aquila, CEO of Texas-based auto insurance software provider Solera Holdings, made $29.9 million in 2013.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $780,000
Bonus: $1,247,000
Perks: $101,250
Stock: $1,367,316
Options: $26,400,045

13.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made a total of $31.3 million in 2013.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1,200,000
Bonus: $1,686,600
Perks: $784,088
Stock: $0
Options: $27,662,644

14.

TripAdvisor CEO Steve Kaufer took home $39 million in 2013, a 510% increase over his 2012 pay.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $500,000 Bonus: $450,000
Perks: $10,101
Stock: $0
Options: $38,054,0126

15.

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner made $49.1 million in 2013, a jaw-dropping 4,075% increase from his 2012 compensation.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $583,750
Bonus: $1,094,531
Perks: $4,664
Stock: $18,709,690
Options: $28,678,729

16.

New Zynga CEO Don Mattrick made $57.8 million in his first year on the job.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $481,409
Bonus: $5,969,863
Perks: $371
Stock: $38,035,712
Options: $13,327,036

17.

Oracle’s Larry Ellison was tech’s best paid executive in 2013, ranking third among all CEOs. He made $78.4 million in 2013, down from $96.2 million the previous year.

Compensation breakdown:

Salary: $1
Bonus: $1,126
Perks: $1,545,930
Stock: $0
Options: $76,893,600

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