Top 10 Best Paid Executives Under 40

Fortune 500 released their list of the 20 highest paid executives under 40. The total compensation included in the list is composed of actual salary received, new stock and options awards, plus other compensation. This makes you want to pull out hair, doesn’t it? Here is the top ten of the list.

Matt Maddox, 34
CFO Treasurer
Wynn Resorts
2008 Total compensation: $17.66 million

James Murdoch, 36
Chairman and CEO, Europe and Asia
News Corp.
2008 Total compensation: $10.15 million

George L. “Mike” Mikan III, 37
CFO & EVP
UnitedHealth Group
2008 Total compensation: $6.73 million

W. Robert Berkeley, Jr., 36
EVP & Vice Hairman, Berkeley International
W.R. Berkeley
2008 Total compensation: $6.63 million

Jonathan Z. Cohen, 38
Vice chairman, Atlas Energy Resources, Atlas Energy Management
Atlast Energy
2008 Total compensation: $4.29 million

Wayne S. Deveydt, 39
CFO & EVP
WellPoint
2008 Total compensation: $4.13 million

Christa Davies, 38
CFO & EVP, Global Finance
Aon
2008 Total compensation: $3.84 million

Keith A. Mesiter, 36
Principal Executive Officer & Vice Chairman
Icahn Enterprises
2008 Total compensation: $3.00 million

Javier Rodriguez, 39
DaVita
2008 Total compensation: $2.64 million

Paul S. Amos II, 34
President, AFLAC; COO, AFLAC U.S. Operations AFLAC
2008 Total compensation: $2.41 million

Source: CNN Money