Highest paid CEOs of all time
John C Martin: Total Compensation - $42.72 million
John C. Martinis has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Gilead Sciences Inc. since April 1996. Dr. Martin joined Gilead Sciences Inc. in October 1990 as Vice President for Research and Development and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in October 1995 before becoming its Chief Executive Officer. From 1984 to 1990 he was employed at Bristol-Myers Squibb, a pharmaceutical company, where he was Director of Antiviral Chemistry.
