BANGALORE: Big officials like CEOs have a very important role in shaping their organizations, as they are considered the backbone of the company by helping it grow further. Witnessing their hard work and dedication, their company treats them with great respect and rewards them with high remuneration. So, here are some of the top executives who are paid well as compiled by the Times of India.

# Marissa Mayer- Yahoo

Salary- $1,000, 000

Marissa Mayer is the present CEO and President at Yahoo since 2012.  Graduating from Stanford University, Mayer holds a B.S degree in symbolic systems and an M.S in computer science. She was earlier the key Spokesperson and a long-term executive at Google and was ranked among the most powerful businesswomen of America by the Fortune magazine.

Mayer doesn’t just earn a fat pay check, she also gets perks of worth $73,863, stocks of $8,312,316 and gets a bonus of around $1,702,250.

# John Chambers-Cisco

Salary- $ 1,100,000

John Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 as a senior vice president of worldwide sales and operation.  He helped grow the company from $70 million in revenues to approximately $ 46 billion, according to the Wikipedia. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and law from West Virginia University with masters of business administration degree in finance and management from Indiana University.

Chambers made up to $21 million in 2013 that is about an 80 percent increase over his pay in 2012. He also gets benefits worth $ 11, 769, stocks of $15,237, 652 and a bonus of $ 4,700, 080.

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