LOOK: Top 10 highest-paid CEOs

This photo shows the ten highest-paid CEOs in 2014, according to a study carried out by executive compensation data firm Equilar and The Associated Press. Top row, from left: David Zaslav, Discovery Communications; Les Moonves, CBS; Philippe Dauman, Viacom;  Robert Iger, Walt Disney; and Marissa Mayer, Yahoo. Bottom row, from left: Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; Marc Benioff, Salesforce; Jeffrey Leiden, Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Brian Roberts, Comcast; and Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner. (AP Photo)

This photo shows the ten highest-paid CEOs in 2014, according to a study carried out by executive compensation data firm Equilar and The Associated Press. Top row, from left: David Zaslav, Discovery Communications; Les Moonves, CBS; Philippe Dauman, Viacom; Robert Iger, Walt Disney; and Marissa Mayer, Yahoo. Bottom row, from left: Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; Marc Benioff, Salesforce; Jeffrey Leiden, Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Brian Roberts, Comcast; and Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner. AP

NEW YORK, United States — Here are the 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2014, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive pay data firm:

  1. David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $156.1 million, up 368 percent
  1. Leslie Moonves, CBS, $54.4 million, down 17 percent
  1. Philippe Dauman, Viacom, $44.3 million, up 19 percent
  1. Robert Iger, Walt Disney, $43.7 million, up 27 percent
  1. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo, $42.1 million, up 69 percent
  1. Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, $42 million, up 16 percent
  1. Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com $39.9 million, up 27 percent
  1. Jeffrey Leiden, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, $36.6 million, up 179 percent
  1. Brian Roberts, Comcast, $33 million, up 5 percent
  1. Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner, $32.7 million, unchanged

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