40 Under 40

Business's hottest rising stars

Highest paid

These are the 20 highest-paid Fortune 1000 company executives under age 40; only 3 of them made the main 40 under 40 list.

Highest paid rank	Name	Age	Company	2009 Total compensation
1	Matt Maddox	35	Wynn Resorts	$15.03 million
2	James R. Murdoch	37	News Corp.	$8.84 million
3	G. Mike Mikan	39	UnitedHealth Group	$5.76 million
4	James P. Fortescue	36	Annaly Capital Management	$5.59 million
5	Keith A. Meister	37	Icahn Enterprises	$5.32 million
6	Wilford H. Fuller	39	Lincoln National	$4.97 million
7	Christa Davies	39	Aon Corp.	$3.82 million
8	Adam J. Greenlee	36	Silgan Holdings	$3.41 million
9	Peter Leav	39	NCR Corp.	$3.06 million
10	Jonathan W. Thayer	39	Constellation Energy	$2.87 million
11	Jonathan Z. Cohen	39	Atlas Energy	$2.77 million
12	W. Robert Berkley, Jr.	37	W.R. Berkley	$2.70 million
13	Jason Garner	37	Live Nation	$2.66 million
14	Charles F. Kessler	38	Abercrombie & Fitch	$2.36 million
15	Brian L. Swartz	36	Apollo Group	$2.35 million
16	Paul S. Amos II	35	Aflac	$2.14 million
17	Jay A. Brown	37	Crown Castle International	$2.11 million
18	Mauricio Gutierrez	39	NRG Energy	$2.07 million
19	Travis Smith	37	Jo-Ann Stores	$2.06 million
20	Libby Wadle	37	J. Crew	$2.06 million

From the Nov 1, 2010 issue

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