The 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2007

The 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2007 at Standard Poor’s 500 companies, including salary, perks, bonuses, above-market interest on pay set aside for later, and the value of stock options and stock awards:

1. John Thain, Merrill Lynch, $83.1 million

2. Leslie Moonves, CBS Corp., $67.6 million

3. Richard Adkerson, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., $65.3 million

4. Bob Simpson, XTO Energy Inc., $56.6 million

5. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., $53.9 million

6. Kenneth Chenault, American Express Co., $51.7 million

7. Eugene Isenberg, Nabors Industries Ltd., $44.6 million

8. John Mack, Morgan Stanley, $41.7 million

9. Glenn Murphy, Gap Inc., $39.1 million

10. Ray Irani, Occidental Petroleum Corp., $34.2 million

Source: Associated Press