CEO Pay: Big Bucks for Tech's Chief Executives

Salaries, bonuses, perks and stock awards added up to big pay packages for tech CEOs in 2008.

By Ann Bednarz, Network World

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's pay package grew 38% in 2008, while HP CEO Mark Hurd's climbed 31%. Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha was granted $103 million in stock and option awards—but like many CEOs' long-term equity incentives, they're underwater now. Read on to find out more about the salaries, bonus, stock awards and perks that tech CEOs took home in 2008. Our tallies—arranged from lowest to highest paid CEO—are based on data included in public companies' proxy statements (DEF 14A form), as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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