Edward Labry, First Data - North America President
Title: Formerly President, Retail and Alliance Services; named North America President, Jan. 2011
Company: First Data (FDC)
CEO: Jonathan J. Judge, $13.5 million
Pay difference: $7.2 million
First Data CEO Jonathan Judge, who joined the merchant payment processor in late 2010, took home the company's highest annual salary: $1.5 million. He also picked up a $5 million signing bonus.
But Judge hasn't been with the company long enough to cash in big on stock and option awards. That's where the company's North America president, Edward Labry, racked up nearly $17 million of his 2010 pay package. He also scored an unusual perk: a $10,000 cash benefit for "personal financial planning." Because $20 million is too much cash to just stuff into the piggy bank.
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