The 30 highest paid CEOs in the US

There are some chief executive officers who not only get paid millions of dollars, but are also rewarded with shares.

Here we take a look at 30 highest paid CEOs in the Unites States, according to Forbes magazine.

Note: The salary includes exercised stock options and bonuses. For instance, the top earner, Stephen Hemsley, drew $3.3 million in salary and bonus, but also realised $98 million from the exercise of stock options.

1. Stephen J Hemsley

Age: 58

Company: UnitedHealth Group

One-year pay: $101.96 million (prior year data)

Five-year pay: $120.47 million (four-year total)

Shares owned: $111.4 million

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2. Edward A Mueller

Age: 64

Company: Qwest Communications

One-year pay: $65.80 million

Five-year pay: $75.00 million (three-year total)

Shares owned: $36.3 million

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3. Robert A Iger

Age: 60

Company: Walt Disney

One-year pay: $53.32 million

Five-year pay: $147.08 million

Shares owned: $43.4 million

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4. George Paz

Age: 56

Company: Express Scripts

One-year pay: $51.52 million

Five-year pay: $100.21 million

Shares owned: $79.5 million

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5. Lew Frankfort

Age: 65

Company: Coach

One-year pay: $49.45 million

Five-year pay: $137.87 million

Shares owned: $133.9 million

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6. Ralph Lauren

Age: 71

Company: Polo Ralph Lauren

One-year pay: $43.00 million

Five-year pay: $155.25 million

Shares owned: $3,417.8 million

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7. John C Martin

Age: 59

Company: Gilead Sciences

One-year pay: $42.72 million

Five-year pay: $204.24 million

Shares owned: $76.8 million

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8. James T Hackett

Age: 57

Company: Anadarko Petroleum

One-year pay: $38.94 million

Five-year pay: $97.38 million

Shares owned: $24.6 million

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9. John T Chambers

Age: 61

Company: Cisco Systems

One-year pay: $37.90 million

Five-year pay: $170.34 million

Shares owned: $58.0 million

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10. Ivan G Seidenberg

Age: 64

Company: Verizon Communications

One-year pay: $36.75 million

Five-year pay: $130.19 million

Shares owned: $76.5 million

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11. David E I Pyott

Age: 58

Company: Allergan

One-year pay: $33.76 million

Five-year pay: $104.60 million

Shares owned: $14.9 million

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12. Gregory T Lucier

Age: 46

Company: Life Technologies

One-year pay: $33.75 million

Five-year pay: $73.13 million

Shares owned: $15.8 million

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13. Charles D Davidson

Age: 61

Company: Noble Energy

One-year pay: $33.44 million

Five-year pay: $54.96 million

Shares owned: $38.2 million

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14. John H Hammergren

Age: 52

Company: McKesson

One-year pay: $32.46 million

Five-year pay: $173.57 million

Shares owned: $42.3 million

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15. Joseph M Tucci

Age: 63

Company: EMC

One-year pay: $31.63 million

Five-year pay: $86.79 million

Shares owned: $34.1 million

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16. Jen-Hsun Huang

Age: 48

Company: Nvidia

One-year pay: $31.40 million

Five-year pay: $137.25 million

Shares owned: $37 million

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17. Gregory H Boyce

Age: 56

Company: Peabody Energy

One-year pay: $30.66 million

Five-year pay: $85.07 million

Shares owned: $14.1 million

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18. F H Merelli

Age: 75

Company: Cimarex Energy

One-year pay: $30.53 million

Five-year pay: $47.44 million

Shares owned: $84.7 million

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19. Samuel J Palmisano

Age: 59

Company: IBM

One-year pay: $30.32 million

Five-year pay: $127.80 million

Shares owned: $102.9 million

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20. Louis C Camilleri

Age: 56

Company: Philip Morris

One-year pay: $30.08 million

Five-year pay: N/A

Shares owned: $103.3 million

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21. Michael D Watford

Age: 57

Company: Ultra Petroleum

One-year pay: $30.03 million

Five-year pay: $201.21 million

Shares owned: $156.6 million

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22. Howard D Schultz

Age: 57

Company: Starbucks

One-year pay: $29.73 million

Five-year pay: $159.50 million

Shares owned: $672.0 million

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23. David C Novak

Age: 58

Company: Yum Brands

One-year pay: $29.67 million

Five-year pay: $199.88 million

Shares owned: $13.6 million

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24. Kent J Thiry

Age: 55

Company: DaVita

One-year pay: $29.51 million

Five-year pay: $126.09 million

Shares owned: $15.3 million

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25. David N Farr

Age: 56

Company: Emerson Electric

One-year pay: $28.93 million

Five-year pay: $68.72 million

Shares owned: $80.4 million

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26. Alexander M Cutler

Age: 59

Company: Eaton

One-year pay: $28.47 million

Five-year pay: $90.23 million

Shares owned: $30.3 million

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27. Howard Solomon

Age: 83

Company: Forest Labs

One-year pay: $27.10 million

Five-year pay: $105.76 million

Shares owned: $35.7 million

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28. Leslie Moonves

Age: 62

Company: CBS

One-year pay: $26.41 million

Five-year pay: $129.93 million

Shares owned: $26.3 million

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29. Richard C Adkerson

Age: 64

Company: Freeport Copper

One-year pay: $25.29 million

Five-year pay: $179.10 million

Shares owned: $172.8 million

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30. William H Swanson

Age: 62

Company: Raytheon

One-year pay: $24.88 million

Five-year pay: $97.77 million

Shares owned: $41.9 million