The richest executives

These FSB 100 insiders each own $15 million or more in stock and options.

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1. T. Kendall Hunt

Title: Chairman and CEO

Company: Vasco Data Security International

FSB 100 Rank: 5

Value of stock owned: $252.8 million

Value of options: $13.4 million

Total ownership value: $266.2 million

When Ken Hunt was fired from his position as CEO of a computer tech training company, he gave up working for "the man" and set out on his own. Seventeen years after purchasing a then-struggling security software start-up, Hunt has not only led Vasco into the black but also has seen profits increase 600% in the past five years. Hunt is a fan of extraordinary architecture and says he thoroughly enjoys his newly purchased Frank Lloyd Wright house. He also likes traveling to the world's architectural marvels; his favorite is Machu Picchu in Peru.

By Brandi Stewart

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Notes: Data as of the companies' most recent fiscal year-ends. Options valued net of their strike price.Includes 100,000 shares held in the T. Kendall Hunt Charitable Remainder Trust and 1,011,300 shares held indirectly through the estate of Barbara J. Hunt, with Mr. Hunt as executor of the estate. Equity holdings data provided by Equilar. Due to a data collection error on the part of Equilar, the rankings have been revised since they were first posted.

LAST UPDATE: Jul 01 2008 | 12:04 PM ET