USA TODAY has analyzed company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and discovered that several CEOs are still getting mega pay packages. “at a time when executive pay is a sore point among rank-and-file workers, politicians and movements such as Occupy Wall Street," according to the article by Gary Strauss.
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- Apple's Tim Cook—$378 million, including $376 million in restricted stock after replacing the late Steve Jobs.
Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs—$50.6 million, including $28.9 million from stock options.
- Tyco International's Ed Breen—$68.9 million, including stock and option gains worth $52.4 million.
- J.C. Penney's Ron Johnson—$51.5 million, including $50 million in restricted shares after signing on in November.
- Walt Disney's Robert Iger—$31.4 million in pay and perks and $21.4 million from exercising previously awarded stock options and shares that vested.