The juiciest pay bonanzas

Title: Who made the biggest bucks
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Date: April 12, 2004

The article discusses the "chief executives who nabbed the juiciest pay bonanzas last year." From the article:

• Reuben Mark, Colgate-Palmolive Co., total direct compensation of $141.1 million.
  
• Steven P. Jobs, Apple Computer Inc., total direct compensation of $74.75 million.
  
• George David, United Technologies Corp., total direct compensation of $70.2 million.
  
• Henry R. Silverman, Cendant Corp., total direct compensation of $54.3 million.
  
• Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., total direct compensation of $52.94 million.
  
• Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle Corp., total direct compensation of $40.5 million.
  
• Richard M. Kovacevich, Wells Fargo & Co., total direct compensation of $35.9 million.

These seven people made an amount approaching half a billion dollars in one year. See this post for further discussion.