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Highest-Paid Men in America

Chesapeake CEO tops list, but Goldman grabs 3 slots

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 15, 2009 1:16 PM CDT

(Newser) – Fortune’s just released its annual list of the country’s highest-paid men and women. The men come out on top, with the top-paid man making two and a half times what the top woman makes. The top 10 men are below, along with total 2008 compensation.

Aubrey McClendon, Chairman and CEO, Chesapeake Energy, $112.5 million
Sanjay Jha, co-CEO and CEO of mobile devices, Motorola, $104.5 million

Lawrence Ellison, CEO, Oracle, $84.5 million
Richard Adkerson, president and CEO, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold, $72.3 million
Bob Simpson, chairman, XTO Energy, $53.5 million
Robert Iger, president and CEO, Walt Disney, $51.1 million
Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs, $43 million
Kenneth Chenault, chairman and CEO, American Express, $42.8 million
Jon Winkelried, president and co-COO, Goldman Sachs, $42.4 million
Gary Cohn, president and co-COO, Goldman Sachs, $42.3 million

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Goldmann Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, seen in this file photo, is only number six on the list, but Goldman holds three of the top 10 spots. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon speaks during the opening of a compressed natural gas filling station in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. (AP Photo)

In this undated image released by Motorola Inc., Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha is shown. (AP Photo/Motorola, Michael Moenning)

In this Sept. 24, 2008 file photo, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison gestures at the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)

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