Robert Coury - Mylan
Total Compensation: $12.5M
Details: Coury didn't make out as well as some of his colleagues at Mylan who received 70 to 113 percent raises, but he was awarded a 20 percent increase over his 2007 pay. The Chief received $1,500,000 in base salary and $3,750,000 in incentives--over 80 percent more than 2007's bonus. Coury's stock and options more than doubled to $5,230,000. The little perks stuffed into "other compensation" also jumped in 2008. In fact, those charges also doubled to $464,037, which included $26,787 for his company car, and $348,988 for personal use of the company airplane.
Mylan News:
Mylan execs' pay leaps by 41% [1]
Mylan to cut 100 in Puerto Rico [2]
Mylan CEO intent on new global biz [3]
Mylan CEO makes $10M in 9 months [4]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/mylan-execs-pay-leaps-41/2009-04-02
[2] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/mylan-cut-100-p-r/2008-06-12
[3] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/mylan-ceo-intent-new-global-biz/2007-12-10
[4] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/mylan-ceo-makes-10m-in-9-months/2008-04-01
[5] http://www.fiercepharma.com/special-reports/schering-ploughs-fred-hassan-ceo-pay
[6] http://www.fiercepharma.com/special-reports/top-paychecks-big-pharma
[7] http://www.fiercepharma.com/special-reports/bayers-werner-wenning