The List: Highest-Paid Executives of Publicly Reporting Companies (Print Edition Correction)
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 (noon)
Ranked by total compensation for 2008 fiscal year / Researched by Ulf Buchholz and Marcia Mohr
Name/Title | Total compensation | Salary | Non-equity incentive plan compensation |
Change in value of deferred compensation |
|
1 |
Gary Loveman CEO, president-Harrah's Entertainment |
$92.3 million | $2 million | $0 | $0 |
2 |
J. Carlos Tolosa president Eastern Division-Harrah's Entertainment |
$15.7 million | $1.1 million | $0 | $44,149 |
3 |
Charles Atwood vice chairman, former CFO-Harrah's Entertainment |
$13.1 million | $1.3 million | $0 | $1,057 |
4 |
Jim Murren CEO, president, COO-MGM Mirage |
$9.9 million | $1.5 million | $0 | $0 |
5 |
Steve Wynn CEO-Wynn Resorts |
$8.5 million | $3.3 million | $4.1 million | $0 |
6 |
Richard Haddrill CEO, president-Bally Technologies |
$8.3 million | $998,000 | $0 | $0 |
7 |
Thomas Jenkin president Western Division-Harrah's Entertainment |
$7.9 million | $1.2 million | $0 | $248,968 |
8 |
Jonathan Halkyard SVP, CFO-Harrah's Entertainment |
$5.5 million | $600,000 | $0 | $0 |
9 |
Marc Schorr COO-Wynn Resorts |
$5.3 million | $1.9 million | $2 million | $0 |
10 |
John Payne president Central Division-Harrah's Entertainment |
$4.3 million | $978,365 | $277,500 | $0 |
11 |
Frank Fertitta III CEO-Station Casinos |
$3.4 million | $2.3 million | $0 | $0 |
12 |
Terry Lanni former CEO-MGM Mirage |
$3.3 million | $2 million | $0 | $0 |
13 |
John Boushy former CEO, president-Ameristar Casinos |
$3 million | $480,693 | $0 | $0 |
14 |
Ramesh Srinivasan EVP Bally Systems-Bally Technologies |
$2.7 million | $275,000 | $280,500 | $0 |
15 |
Mark Lerner SVP, general counsel-Bally Technologies |
$2.6 million | $241,923 | $241,080 | $0 |
16 |
Wade Hundley former president-Pinnacle Entertainment |
$2.5 million | $262,308 | $0 | $0 |
17 |
Bill Weidner former president, COO-Las Vegas Sands Corp. |
$2.3 million | $1 million | $0 | $0 |
18 |
Farid Suleman CEO-Citadel Broadcasting Corp. |
$2.2 million | $1.3 million | $0 | $0 |
19 |
Michael Yackira CEO, president-NV Energy |
$2.2 million | $717,308 | $724,200 | $768,658 |
20 |
Brad Stone former EVP, president global operations and construction-Las Vegas Sands Corp. |
$2.1 million | $1 million | $0 | $0 |
21 |
Linda Chen president-Wynn International Marketing |
$2.1 million | $1 million | $1 million | $0 |
22 |
Bobby Baldwin chief design and construction officer-MGM Mirage |
$2 million | $1.5 million | $0 | $0 |
23 |
Rob Goldstein SVP-Las Vegas Sands Corp. |
$2 million | $965,000 | $0 | $0 |
24 |
Dan Lee CEO-Pinnacle Entertainment |
$1.7 million | $1 million | $600,000 | $41,976 |
25 |
Bill Boyd chairman-Boyd Gaming Corp. |
$1.6 million | $1 million | $0 | $0 |
26 |
Andrew Kwasniewski president, COO-Hard Rock Hotel Holdings |
$1.5 million | $663,846 | $0 | $0 |
27 |
Jeffrey Shaw CEO-Southwest Gas Corp. |
$1.5 million | $622,404 | $299,000 | $294,358 |
28 |
Sheldon Adelson CEO-Las Vegas Sands Corp. |
$1.3 million | $1 million | $0 | $0 |
29 |
Matt Maddox CFO-Wynn Resorts |
$1.3 million | $593,590 | $650,000 | $0 |
30 |
Robert Vanucci president, COO Riviera Operating Corp.-Riviera Holdings Corp. |
$1.2 million | $400,000 | $0 | $0 |
31 |
Richard Brown former CEO, president-American Casino & Entertainment Properties |
$1.2 million | $216,346 | $0 | $0 |
32 |
John Strzemp EVP, chief administrative officer-Wynn Resorts |
$1.2 million | $600,000 | $600,000 | $0 |
33 |
Gordon Kanofsky CEO-Ameristar Casinos |
$1.2 million | $674,134 | $0 | $0 |
34 |
Lorenzo Fertitta former president-Station Casinos |
$1.2 million | $868,500 | $0 | $0 |
35 |
Keith Smith CEO, president-Boyd Gaming Corp. |
$1.1 million | $1.1 million | $0 | $0 |
36 |
Jeffrey Ceccarelli SVP service delivery and operations-NV Energy |
$1.1 million | $380,715 | $196,600 | $374,942 |
37 |
Robert Boughner CEO, president of Echelon Resorts Corp.-Boyd Gaming Corp. |
$1.1 million | $1.1 million | $0 | $0 |
38 |
Randy Black Sr. manager-Black Gaming |
$1.1 million | $556,500 | $0 | $0 |
39 |
Denise Barton former SVP, CFO-American Casino & Entertainment Properties |
$1.1 million | $282,308 | $66,919 | $0 |
40 |
Thomas Sheets SVP, general counsel-Southwest Gas Corp. |
$1.1 million | $193,392 | $156,488 | $186,089 |
41 |
William Westerman CEO, president-Riviera Holdings Corp. |
$1 million | $1 million | $0 | $93,285 |
42 |
Don Ahern CEO, president-Ahern Rentals |
$1 million | $624,000 | $0 | $0 |
Notes: This is a corrected version of the list published in the June 5-11 print edition of In Business Las Vegas with the correct information for columns three and four of that edition listed here as the third and fourth column, headed here as “non-equity incentive plan compensation” and “change in value of deferred compensation” respectively. In Business regrets the error.
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