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Here are the 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2016, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.
1. Thomas Rutledge
Charter Communications Inc.
$98 million
Change from last year: Up 499 percent
2. Leslie Moonves
CBS Corp.
$68.6 million
Change: Up 22 percent
3. Robert Iger
Walt Disney Co.
$41 million
Change: Down 6 percent
4. David Zaslav
Discovery Communications Inc.
$37.2 million
Change: Up 15 percent
5. Robert Kotick
Activision Blizzard Inc.
$33.1 million
Change: Up 358 percent
6. Brian Roberts
Comcast Corp.
$33 million
Change: Down 9 percent
7. Jeffrey Bewkes
Time Warner Inc.
$32.6 million
Change: Up 3 percent
8. Virginia Rometty
IBM
$32.3 million
Change: Up 63 percent
9. Leonard Schleifer
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$28.3 million
Change: Down 40 percent
10. Stephen Wynn
Wynn Resorts Ltd.
$28.2 million
Change: Up 36 percent