US | oil companies Guess What Oil Execs Make Industry bigwigs are grilled by the Senate By John Johnson Posted May 21, 2008 8:19 PM CDT Copied Oil company executive, J. Stephen Simon of Exxon Mobil, left, accompanied by fellow executives, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Big Oil executives today were grilled by the Senate on soaring prices, and Sen. Patrick Leahy asked for their salaries, the AP reports. Here's what they said: J. Stephen Simon, Exxon: $12.5 millon. John Lowe, ConocoPhillips: Did not recall Peter Robertson, Chevron: Did not recall. John Hofmeister, Shell, $2.2 million. Robert Malone, BP America, $2 million. Read These Next Don't plan an overnighter to Grand Canyon's South Rim now. Gene Simmons says Congress has to fix the radio business model. Pamela Anderson would rather not be known as Pamela Anderson. Commander who ordered strike on survivors to make his case. Report an error