Oracle's Ellison tops best-paid CEO list for the decade

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Oracle's Ellison tops best-paid CEO list for the decade
New York: Software major Oracle founder and Chief Executive Larry Ellison topped the list of best-paid executives in public companies during the past decade, receiving USD 1.84 billion as compensation, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. 65-year-old Ellison, who founded Oracle in 1977, holds 23 percent stake in the company. In the 10 years ended May 31, 2009, the most recent fiscal year for which Oracle has disclosed pay data, its market capitalisation nearly tripled to USD 98 billion, from USD 36 billion. Barry Diller has bagged the second position in the list of 25 best-paid executives during the past decade. Diller received roughly USD 1.14 billion from IAC/InterActive and Expedia.com, the online travel site IAC spun off in 2005, where he remains chairman.
Source: PTI