The 50 highest-paid chief executive officers of 2012, as calculated by executive pay research firm Equilar:
1. Leslie Moonves, CBS, $60.3 million, down 12 percent
2. David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $49.9 million, down 5 percent
3. Bob Iger, Disney, $37.1 million, up 18 percent
4. Philippe Dauman, Viacom, $33.4 million, down 22 percent
5. John Donahoe, eBay, $29.7 million, up 81 percent
6. Brian Roberts, Comcast, $29.1 million, up 8 percent
7. Howard Schultz, Starbucks, $28.9 million, up 80 percent
8. Ken Chenault, American Express, $28 million, up 25 percent
9. Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil, $27.2 million, up 8 percent
10. Kent Thiry, DaVita HealthCare, $26.8 million, up 53 percent
11. Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner, $25.7 million, unchanged
12. Louis Camilleri, Philip Morris International, $24.7 million, up 23 percent
13. Glenn Murphy, Gap, $24.6 million, up 154 percent
14. Robert Stevens, Lockheed Martin, $23.8 million, up 16 percent
15. Richard Fairbank, Capital One Financial, $22.6 million, up 21 percent
16. John Watson, Chevron, $22.3 million, up 23 percent
17. Irene Rosenfeld, Mondelez International, $22 million, up 40 percent
18. Lawrence Culp Jr., Danaher, $21.9 million, up 1 percent
19. Louis Chenevert, United Technologies, $21.8 million, down 5 percent
20. Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola, $21.6 million, up 2 percent
21. James Gallogly, LyondellBasell Industries, $21.2 million, down 10 percent
22. James McNerney Jr., Boeing, $21.1 million, up 15 percent
23. Randall Stephenson, AT&T, $21 million, up 12 percent
24. Alan Mulally, Ford, $21 million, down 29 percent
25. Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm, $20.7 million, down 5 percent
26. Mike Duke, Wal-Mart Stores, $20.7 million, up 14 percent
27. Jeff Immelt, General Electric, $20.6 million, up 80 percent
28. Gregg Steinhafel, Target, $20.5 million, up 5 percent
29. Larry Fink, BlackRock, $20.2 million, down 8 percent
30. Anthony Alexander, FirstEnergy, $20 million, up 39 percent
31. Steve Ells, Chipotle Mexican Grill, $19.7 million, up 2 percent
32. Miles White, Abbott Laboratories, $19.5 million, up 3 percent
33. David Pyott, Allergan, $19.4 million, up 62 percent
34. John Stumpf, Wells Fargo, $19.3 million, up 8 percent
35. Leslie Wexner, L Brands, $19.2 million, unchanged
36. Montgomery Moran, Chipotle Mexican Grill, $19.1 million, up 2 percent
37. Carol Meyrowitz, TJX Companies, $19.1 million, up 198 percent
38. Paul Otellini, Intel, $18.9 million, up 10 percent
39. Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, $18.7 million, down 19 percent
40. Alexander Cutler, Eaton, $18.6 million, up 77 percent
41. Ian Read, Pfizer, $18.5 million, up 2 percent
42. Brian Jellison, Roper Industries, $18.1 million, up 21 percent
43. Jay Johnson, General Dynamics, $18 million, up 12 percent
44. Michael White, DirecTV, $17.9 million, up 212 percent
45. Steve Wynn, Wynn Resorts, $17.7 million, up 8 percent
46. Douglas Oberhelman, Caterpillar, $17.7 million, up 20 percent
47. David Lesar, Halliburton, $17.5 million, up 10 percent
48. David Simon, Simon Property Group, $17.2 million, down 87 percent
49. Glenn Britt, Time Warner Cable, $17.2 million, up 5 percent
50. Samuel Allen, Deere, $17.2 million, up 4 percent
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