A Very Merry Christmas For AT&T, Comcast CEOs
AppScout directs your attention to a new database that’s part of a SEC effort to transparently track executive compensation. According to the database, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts takes home a $2.5 yearly million salary–but with bonuses, stock awards and other assorted perks, that number jumps to $26 million annually. Departed AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre last year netted a nifty yearly compensation package of $60.7 million. Echostar boss Carl E. Vogel is forced to slum it with yearly compensation of $2.8 million.Some additional names and numbers:
•Alltel: Scott T. Ford, president and CEO, $14.1 million
•DirecTV: Chase Carey, president and CEO, $12.4 million
•Intel: Paul Otellini, president and CEO, $9.8 million
•Level 3 Communications: James Q. Crowe, CEO, $8.7 million
•Qwest: Richard Notebaert, chairman and CEO, $16.5 million
•Sirius Satellite Radio: Mel Karmazin, CEO, $31.1 million
•Sprint Nextel: Gary D. Forsee, chairman, CEO, and president, $21.3 million
•Verizon: Ivan Seidenberg, chairman and CEO, $21.2 million
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