Money / executive compensation Highest-Paid Men in America Chesapeake CEO tops list, but Goldman grabs 3 slots By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff Posted Sep 15, 2009 1:16 PM CDT Copied Goldmann Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, seen in this file photo, is only number six on the list, but Goldman holds three of the top 10 spots. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Fortune’s just released its annual list of the country’s highest-paid men and women. The men come out on top, with the top-paid man making two and a half times what the top woman makes. The top 10 men are below, along with total 2008 compensation. Aubrey McClendon, Chairman and CEO, Chesapeake Energy, $112.5 million Sanjay Jha, co-CEO and CEO of mobile devices, Motorola, $104.5 million Lawrence Ellison, CEO, Oracle, $84.5 million Richard Adkerson, president and CEO, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold, $72.3 million Bob Simpson, chairman, XTO Energy, $53.5 million Robert Iger, president and CEO, Walt Disney, $51.1 million Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs, $43 million Kenneth Chenault, chairman and CEO, American Express, $42.8 million Jon Winkelried, president and co-COO, Goldman Sachs, $42.4 million Gary Cohn, president and co-COO, Goldman Sachs, $42.3 million For the next 15, click the link below. (More executive compensation stories.) Report an error