Business
Edward Lampert
$1.02 billion
Manager, ESL Investments hedge fund
James Simons
$670 million
Manager, Renaissance Technologies Corp.
hedge fund
Bruce Kovner
$550 million
Manager, Caxton Associates hedge fund
Richard Fuld
$35,257,099
Chairman and CEO, Lehman Brothers
E. Stanley O’Neal
$32,134,673
Chairman, CEO, and president, Merrill Lynch
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Henry Paulson Jr.
$29,789,359
Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs
Sanford Weill
$29,121,679
Chairman, Citigroup
William Harrison Jr.
$15,719,320
Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase
James Dimon
$7,895,446
President and COO, JPMorgan Chase
Kenneth Chenault
$19,820,599
Chairman and CEO, American Express
Henry McKinnell
$17,188,437
Chairman and CEO, Pfizer
H. Edward Hanway
$13.3 million
Chairman, CEO, and president, Cigna
John D. Wren
$13,270,472
CEO and president, Omnicom
Group advertising
James Dolan
$9.5 million
Chairman, CEO, and president, Cablevision
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
$6.3 million
CEO, Warner Music Group
David Neeleman
$286,971
Chairman and CEO, JetBlue Airways
John Thain
$4 million
CEO, New York Stock Exchange
Chelsea Clinton
$120,000
Consultant, McKinsey & Co.
Travis Harris
$3,120
Shoe-shiner, Wall Street
($20 a day, three days a week)
Chris (last name withheld)
$24,000
Panhandler, Bleecker and Broadway
Juanita Garcia
$3 million
2005 New York State lottery winner
Law
Robert Morgenthau
$150,000
District attorney, Manhattan
Jeannine Pirro
$136,700
District attorney, Westchester
Eric Rosen
$50,000
First-year assistant district attorney, Manhattan
Shannon Stallings
$45,922
First-year public defender, Legal Aid Society
Laura Held
$126,072
Parking-violation judge
Judy Sheindlin
$30 million
Television judge
H. Rodgin Cohen
$4 million
Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell
Josh Dubin
$512,500
Jury consultant and trial strategist
William Joshua Brant
$125,000
First-year associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Television
Dick Wolf
$200 million
Executive producer, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(includes syndication)
Sam Waterston
$2.5 million
Actor, Law & Order
David Chase
$20 million
Creator, The Sopranos
James Gandolfini
$10 million
Actor, The Sopranos
David Letterman
$31 million
Host, The Late Show With David Letterman
Jon Stewart
$1.5 million
Host, The Daily Show
Dave Chappelle
$0
Absent Comedian, Chappelle’s Show
($50 million contract for two years, but no episodes yet delivered)
Tina Fey
$1.5 million
Performer and head writer, Saturday Night Live
Regis Philbin
$20 million
Host, Live With Regis and Kelly
Kelly Ripa
$7 million
Host, Live With Regis and Kelly
Charlie Gibson,
$7 million
Co-anchor, Good Morning America
Brian Williams,
$4 million
Anchor, NBC Nightly News
Anderson Cooper
$2 million
Host, Anderson Cooper 360
Chuck Scarborough
$3 million
Anchor, WNBC news
Sue Simmons
$2.5 million
Anchor, WNBC news
Sam Champion
$1.5 million
Weatherman, WABC
Pat Kiernan
$200,000
Anchor, NY1
Roger Ailes,
$7.1 million
Chairman, Fox News Channel
Andrew Heyward
$1.5 million
President, CBS News

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