17 Highest Paid CEOs in the World in 2017

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1. Thomas M. Rutledge

Compensation: $98.01 million

Thomas M. Rutledge has served as CEO of Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) since 2012 and last year was appointed as the company’s Chairman of the Board. Between 2012 and 2016, Rutledge also served as Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR)’s President. Last year Rutledge had a five-fold increase in compensation, mainly due to a big award of stock options valued at $78 million. The options were granted because Rutledge had signed a new five-year contract.

Charter Communications CHTR

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These are the 17 highest paid CEOs in the world in 2017 based on public disclosures. It should be noted that many companies don’t disclose information regarding employee compensation, or reward their top executives in different ways that don’t reflect in their compensation packages, so there might be other CEOs that didn’t make the list.

Disclosure: None

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