The Associated Press surveyed CEOs of the S&P 500, including their gross pay for 2011. They released the list of the highest paid CEOs this morning.
This factors in salary, perks, bonuses and all stock options and awards. The biggest gainer in the top 50 percentage-wise is Leucadia National CEO Ian M. Cumming, who saw his pay increase by 531 percent, according to the AP. Only 30 percent of the top grossing CEOs had their salaries go down over the last year.
The highest paid CEO in 2011? David Simon of Simon Property Group, who owns most of the nation’s top malls, including Mall Of America in Minnesota.
Here is the entire top 50 list……
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