Best-paid chief executives

Advertising magnate Sir Martin Sorrell will see his pay rise by £23 million to £66m ($94.8m), making him Britain’s best-paid chief executive

The WPP chief will receive 3.55 million shares worth £55.6m, a £3.6m short-term incentive reward, dividend equivalent payments of £5.6m, plus pension contributions on top of his £1.15m basic salary

Executive

David Zaslav

Bart Becht 

Omid Kordestani

Michael Fries

Eric Schmidt

Sir Martin Sorrell

Mario Gabelli

Stephen Schwarzman

Tony James

Nick Woodman

Company

Discovery Communications

Reckitt Benckiser

Google

Liberty Global

Alphabet

WPP Worldwide 

Gamco Investors

Blackstone Group

Blackstone Group

GoPro Inc.

Pay

$156.1m

$132m

$129.9m

$112.2m

$108.7m

$94.8m

$88.5m

$85.9m

$78.3m

$77.4m

Year

2014

2009†

2014

2014

2014

2015

2014

2014

2014

2014

*Salary, bonuses and stock awards received during financial year †Becht retired from Reckitt Benckiser in 2011*

Sources: Financial Times, Findthecompany.com

Picture: Associated Press