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Multi-million retirement packages of CEOs

Last updated on: February 8, 2013 09:12 IST
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There are some chief executive officers who not only earn multi-million dollar pay every year, but also walk out with massive retirement packages.

24/7 Wall St has reviewed the largest golden parachute packages going back to the year 2000. To keep this uniform, it only used examples in which these CEOs with golden parachutes were not founders of their companies.

Let's take a look at some huge retirement packages of CEOs.

Source: 24/7 Wall St

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Multi-million retirement packages of CEOs

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Former CEO of General Electric Jack Welch walks down the steps of Park Street Church with Suzy Wetlaufer after their wedding in Boston, Massachusetts.

Jack Welch

Company: General Electric

Package: $417 million

Tenure: 1981-2001

Global rank: 1

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Former Exxon Mobil Corporation chairman and CEO Lee Raymond in Washington, DC.

Lee Raymond

Company: Exxon Mobil Corporation

Package: $320 million

Tenure: 1993-2005

Global rank: 2

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William McGuire, inset, received $286 million.

William McGuire

Company: UnitedHeath Group

Package: $286 million

Tenure: 1991-2006

Global rank: 3

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Former Chairman and CEO of AT&T Edward E Whitacre in Detroit, Michigan.

Ed Whitacre

Company: AT&T Inc

Package: $230 million

Tenure: 1990-2007

Global rank: 4

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Former Robert L Nardelli, Chairman and CEO, Home Depot, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Robert Nardelli

Company: Home Depot Inc

Package: $223 million

Tenure: 2000-2007

Global rank: 5

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John Kanas received $214 million.

John Kanas

Company: North Fork Bank, now with BankUnited Inc

Package: $214 million

Tenure: 1977-2006

Global rank: 6

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Fred Hassan, former CEO of Schering-Plough Corporation, in New York.

Fred Hassan

Company: Merck & Co, actually Schering-Plough

Package: $189 million

Tenure: 2003-2009

Global rank: 7

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Louis Gerstner, former CEO and Chairman, IBM, at Boston College in Newton.

Louis Gerstner

Company: International Business Machines

Package: $189 million

Tenure: 1993-2002

Global rank: 8

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Former Chairman and Ceo Hank McKinnell, Pfizer, in Livonia, Michigan.

Hank McKinnell

Company: Pfizer

Package: $188 million

Tenure: 2001-2006

Global rank: 9

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Thomas Ryan, former Chairman of the Board and CEO, CVS/Caremark, in New York.

Thomas Ryan

Company: CVS Caremark Corporation

Package: $185 million

Tenure: 1998-2011

Global rank: 10

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Gillette's former Chairman and CEO James Kilts in Wilmington, Delaware.

James Kilts

Company: Gillette

Package: $164 million

Tenure: 2001-2005

Global rank: 11

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Shoppers pack a Target store in Chicago. Robert Ulrich, inset.

Robert Ulrich

Company: Target Corporation

Package: $164 million

Tenure: 1994-2008

Global rank: 12

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Merrill Lynch's former president and CEO Stan O'Neal in New York.

Stan O'Neal

Company: Merrill Lynch

Package: $161 million

Tenure: 2002-2007

Global rank: 13

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Jerry Grundhofer, inset.

Jerry Grundhofer

Company: US Bancorp

Package: $159 million

Tenure: 2001-2006

Global rank: 14

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Joel Gemunder, inset.

Joel Gemunder

Company: Omnicare

Package: $146 million

Tenure: 2001-2010

Global rank: 15