Top 50 highest paid CEOs in 2010 [Photo Gallery]

1. Philippe Dauman, Viacom, $84.5 million, up 149 per cent
2. Ray Irani, Occidental Petroleum, $76.1 million, up 142 per cent
3. Leslie Moonves, CBS, $56.9 million, up 32 per cent
4. David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $42.6 million, up 265 per cent
5. Richard Adkerson, Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold, $35.3 million, up 76 per cent
6. John Lundgren, Stanley Black & Decker, $32.6 million, up 253 per cent
7. Brian Roberts, Comcast, $31 million, up 14 per cent
8. Robert Iger, Walt Disney, $28 million, up 30 per cent
9. Alan Mulally, Ford Motor, $26.5 million, up 48 per cent
10. Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner, $26.1 million, up 35 per cent
11. Sam Palmisano, IBM, $25.2 million, up 19 per cent
12. David Simon, Simon Property Group, $24.6 million, up 430 per cent
13. Gregg Steinhafel, Target Corp. $23.9 million, 83 per cent
14. Blackrock, Laurence Fink, $23.8 million, up 50 per cent
15. William Weldon, Johnson & Johnson, $23.2 million, down 9 per cent
16. Brian Goldner, Hasbro, $23 million, up 196 per cent
17. Howard Schultz, Starbucks, $21.7 million, up 45 per cent
18. Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil, $21.5 million, down 1 per cent
19. Kevin Sharer, Amgen, $21.1 million, up 38 per cent
20. Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake Energy, $21 million, up 13 per cent
21. Gregory Case, Aon, $20.8 million, up 100 per cent
22. Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, $20.8 million, up 1,541 per cent
23. Michael Szymanczyk, Altria, $20.8 million, up 131 per cent
24. Louis Camilleri, Philip Morris International, $20.6 million, down 16 per cent
25. Leslie Wexner, Limited Brands, $20.5 million, up 90 per cent
26. Randall Stephenson, AT&T, $20.2 million, no change
27. Miles White, Abbott Laboratories, $20 million, down 9 per cent
28. Jay Fishman, Traverlers, $19.8 million, down 2 per cent
29. George Buckley, 3M, $19.7 million, up 41 per cent
30. Louis Chenevert, United Technologies, $19.5 million, up 9 per cent
31. Robert Kelly, Bank of New York Mellon, $19.4 million, up 73 per cent
32. G. Steven Farris, Apache, $19.3 million, up 151 per cent
33. Carol Meyrowitz, TJX Companies, $19.3 million, up 30 per cent
34. Ahmet Kent, Coca-Cola, $19.2 million, up 30 per cent
35. Robert Stevens, Lockheed Martin, $19.1 million, down 7 per cent
36. John Brock, Coca-Cola Enterprises, $19.1 million, up 34 per cent
37. James Hackett, Anadarko Petroleum, $18.8 million, down 20 per cent
38. Michael Duke, Wal-Mart, $18.7 million, down 3 per cent
39. Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon Communications, $18.1 million, up 4 per cent
40. James Mulva, ConocoPhillips, $17.9 million, up 25 per cent
41. Andrew Liveris, Dow Chemical, $17.7 million, up 13 per cent
42. Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm, $17.6 million, up 1 per cent
43. John Stumpf, Wells Fargo, $17.6 million, down 6 per cent
44. Glenn Britt, Time Warner Cable, $17.3 million, up 10 per cent
45. H. Lawrence Culp, Danahar, $17 million, up 54 per cent
46. Susan Ivey, Reynolds American, $16.8 million, up 4 per cent
47. James Cracchiolo, $16.8 million, down 8 per cent
48. J. Brett Harvey, Consol Energy, $16.6 million, up 56 per cent
49. David Snow, Medco Health Solutions, $16.4 million, up 23 per cent
50. Kenneth Chenault, American Express, $16.3 million, down 3 per cent

With files from The Canadian Press