40 Under 40

Business's hottest rising stars

Highest paid

These are the 20 highest-paid Fortune 1000 company executives under age 40; only 2 of them made the main 40 under 40 list.

Highest paid rank	Name	Company	2008 Total compensation
1	Matt Maddox	Wynn Resorts	$17,664,126
2	James R. Murdoch	News Corp.	$10,149,601
3	George L. "Mike" Mikan III	UnitedHealth Group	$6,728,856
4	W. Robert Berkeley, Jr.	W.R. Berkeley	$6,629,104
5	Jonathan Z. Cohen	Atlas Energy	$4,292,150
6	Wayne S. Deveydt	WellPoint	$4,132,763
7	Christa Davies	Aon	$3,837,932
8	Keith A. Meister	Icahn Enterprises	$3,002,002
9	Javier Rodriguez	DaVita	$2,635,828
10	Paul S. Amos II	AFLAC	$2,409,042
11	Charles F. Kessler	Abercrombie & Fitch	$2,315,584
12	Zane C. Rowe	Continental Airlines	$2,129,501
13	Brent K. Whittington	Windstream	$2,050,031
14	Christine M. Beauchamp	AnnTaylor Stores	$1,826,128
15	Jason Garner	Live Nation	$1,570,561
16	Todd M. Fruchterman	Kinetic Concepts	$1,563,712
17	Holli C. Nichols	Dynegy	$1,519,549
18	Theresa E. Wagler	Steel Dynamics	$1,466,368
19	Naresh Kumra	Belden	$1,447,867
20	Jonathan W. Thayer	Constellation Energy	$1,428,173

From the Nov. 9, 2009 issue

Source: Equilar Inc.
Note:
* Total compensation includes actual salary received, discretionary and performance-based bonus payouts, the grant-date fair value of new stock and option awards and other compensation. If relevant, other compensation includes severance payments. Equilar Inc., an executive compensation research firm in Redwood Shores, Calif., chart by looking at Fortune 1000 companies with fiscal year ends ranging from July 2008 to June 2009 that filed proxies by October 5, 2009.

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Top 3

Name	2008 total compensation
Matt Maddox	$17,664,126
James R. Murdoch	$10,149,601
George L. "Mike" Mikan III	$6,728,856

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Name	Age
Mark Zuckerberg	25
Aaron Patzer	29
Matthew Flannery	32

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Name	Age
David Murdock	86
John Bogle	80
T. Boone Pickens	81

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