#17 Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen was paid $15.7 million in 2013, up from $12 million the previous year.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $941,667
Bonus: $1,638,500
Perks: $19,211
Stock: $13,148,100
Options: $0
#16 Verizon head Lowell McAdam took home $15.8 million in 2013.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $1,480,769
Bonus: $4,125,000
Perks: $780,874
Stock: $9,375,077
Options: $0
#15 Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor made $15.9 million in 2013.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $977,154
Bonus: $1,631,700
Perks: $5,100
Stock: $13,333,733
Options: $0
#14 Godfrey Sullivan, CEO of enterprise software company Splunk, made $17 million in 2013. That's a 1,818% increase from the previous year's pay.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $350,000
Bonus: $630,000
Perks: $16,207
Stock: $16,011,200
Options: $0
#13 Despite having a $1 salary, Hewlett-Packard chief Meg Whitman made $17.6 million in 2013, up from $15.4 million in 2012.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $1
Bonus: $260,000
Perks: $275,334
Stock: $4,394,475
Options: $12,713,433
#12 Former Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs took home $20.4 million in 2013. Jacobs stepped down from his position in December, and he now serves as executive chairman on the company's board.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $1,200,014
Bonus: $3,488,325
Perks: $760,532
Stock: $15,000,069
Options: $0
#11 AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson made $20.6 million in 2013.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $1,633,333
Bonus: $5,000,000
Perks: $522,203
Stock: $13,441,558
Options: $0
#10 Cisco CEO John Chambers made $21 million in 2013, an 80% increase over his 2012 pay.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $1,100,000
Bonus: $4,700,080
Perks: $11,769
Stock: $15,237,652
Options: $0
#9 In her first full year as CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer made $24.9 million. She was the second-highest paid female executive overall.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $1,000,000
Bonus: $1,702,250
Perks: $73,863
Stock: $8,312,316
Options: $13,847,282
#8 Paul Ricci, CEO of Nuance Communications, took home $29.2 million in 2013. Nuance developed the technology that powers Siri.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $800,000
Bonus: $300,000
Perks: $226,829
Stock: $27,900,000
Options: $0
#7 T-Mobile's John Legere was paid $29.2 million in his first year as CEO.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $1,250,000
Bonus: $5,358,333
Perks: $137,325
Stock: $22,500,051
Options: $0
#6 Tony Aquila, CEO of Texas-based auto insurance software provider Solera Holdings, made $29.9 million in 2013.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $780,000
Bonus: $1,247,000
Perks: $101,250
Stock: $1,367,316
Options: $26,400,045
#5 Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made a total of $31.3 million in 2013.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $1,200,000
Bonus: $1,686,600
Perks: $784,088
Stock: $0
Options: $27,662,644
#4 TripAdvisor CEO Steve Kaufer took home $39 million in 2013, a 510% increase over his 2012 pay.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $500,000
Bonus: $450,000
Perks: $10,101
Stock: $0
Options: $38,054,0126
#3 LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner made $49.1 million in 2013, a jaw-dropping 4,075% increase from his 2012 compensation.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $583,750
Bonus: $1,094,531
Perks: $4,664
Stock: $18,709,690
Options: $28,678,729
#2 New Zynga CEO Don Mattrick made $57.8 million in his first year on the job.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $481,409
Bonus: $5,969,863
Perks: $371
Stock: $38,035,712
Options: $13,327,036
#1 Oracle's Larry Ellison was tech's best paid executive in 2013, ranking third among all CEOs. He made $78.4 million in 2013, down from $96.2 million the previous year.
Compensation breakdown:
Salary: $1
Bonus: $1,126
Perks: $1,545,930
Stock: $0
Options: $76,893,600
