Top 10 Wealthy unknown CEO

Lets take a look at the Top 10 of these exceptionally wealthy CEOs most people hardly talk about;

10) Martine A. Rothblatt– United Therapeutics: Earns $38,218,255 per year. Martine is the CEO of United Therapeutics. United Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that specializes in the design, production and distribution of medical technology products and medicines for people with serious, chronic, life-threatening conditions. Despite their incomprehensibly weird website design, the medicines they make help people with horrible diseases live longer. Martine A. Rothblatt is the CEO and makes $38 million per year.

9) Stephen Kaufer – TripAdvisor: Earns $39,014,227 per year. Stephen Kaufer is the President and CEO of TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor is a site that helps consumers decide between various hotels, resorts, spas, airlines and other vacation-relevant topics. TripAdvisor was one of the first sites to strongly encourage user-generated content and currently owns 25 similar websites such as holidaywatchdog and visualtourist. Kaufer is the founder and current CEO, making around $39 million per year.

8) Jeffrey Weiner – LinkedIn: Earns $49,071,364 per year. Jeffrey Weiner is the CEO of LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a well-trafficked and established social media network with a focus on its users’ professional qualifications. It is commonly used to keep in contact with people who are relevant to a user’s business dealings or to help find a new job. Jeffrey Weiner, the CEO, has been in place since 2008 and makes $49,071,364 per year. As of 2013 LinkedIn reportedly has almost 260 million users in over 200 countries around the world.

7) Richard C. Adkerson – Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold: Earns $55,260,539 per year. Richard C. Adkerson is the Vice Chairman, President and CEO of Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold. Founded in 1912, this Phoenix, Arizona-based company is one of the oldest and most established producers of Copper and Gold in the entire world. Like most mining companies, Freeport McMoran has a controversial environmental record. Nonetheless, the company performs very well financially and the CEO makes $55,260,539 per year. Akerman was previously chairman of the International Council on Mining and Metal.

6) Don A. Mattrick – Zynga: earns $57,814,391 per year:Don A. Mattrick is the CEO of Zynga. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Zynga is the company that makes all those annoying games peeps keep inviting you play on Facebook, such as Farmville, Bubble Safari and Mafia Wars. It turns out that moms tend to pump a fair bit of cash into those games, as you may have gathered from Mr. Mattrick’s annual compensation. The 51-year-old British Columbian takes home almost $58 million per year. Zynga as a whole made over $873 million this year.

5) Nicholas Howley – TransDigm Group: Earns $64,214,656 per year. W. Nicholas Howley is the Chairman and CEO of TransDigm Group. TransDigm Group designs and manufactures aerospace and military technology such as ignition systems and mechanical actuators. The company was formed when Nicholas Howley and partners acquired several similar companies. Howley serves as the current CEO and makes $64,214,656 per year; a drop in the bucket when you consider Transdigm made upwards of $1.7 billion in revenue in 2015.

4) Leslie Moonves – CBS: Earns $65,589,245 per year. Leslie Moonves is the President and CEO of America’s Most acknowledged Network, CBS. CBS Broadcasting, Inc. is, as the reader knows, an old and established American broadcasting franchise responsible for many classic television shows. It is now a widely expanded business that deals in many forms of entertainment and broadcasting. Before running CBS, Leslie Moonves had a long career as a television executive for a number of networks. In his current position Moonves rakes in over $65 million per annum.

3) Lawrence J. Ellison – Oracle: Earns $78,440,657 per year. Lawrence is the CEO of Oracle. The Oracle Corporation is an American computer hardware firm. They specialize in database management systems and enterprise management software to help companies acurately manage their information. Larry Ellison is the co-founder of the company and has served as its CEO throughout the company’s history. Under his leadership Oracle has grown to be worth over $90 billion with over 120,000 employees. Ellison himself is worth a staggering $56.2 billion.

2) Mario J. Gabelli – GAMCO Investors: Earns $85,049,800 per year. Mario J. Gabelli is the Chairman, Chief Investment Officer and CEO of GAMCO Investors. GAMCO began in the 1970s as a market research firm and has since diversified into a full-service investment firm. Mario J. Gabelli is the founder of the firm and current CEO, making a staggering $85,049,800 per year. With a 50% stake in the company, Gabelli has a reported net worth of $1.2 billion.

1)  Charif Souki – Cheniere Energy: a EAarns  $141,949,280 per year:And topping the list of “how did u possibly earn this much” is Charif Souki, the Chairman, President and CEO of Cheniere Energy. This surprisingly large compensation totals to to $388,902 per day, or approximately 2,700 times the average American household income. Cheniere Energy is a Texas-based company that specializes in, liquefied natural gas transport. The value of the stocks increased so drastically because the company transformed into a profitable giant between 2008 and 2013, due in part to Souki’s leadership.