The CEO-bashing that has occurred regarding their compensation is a sore spot for me - especially since the criticism is leveled by people who have never spent a single day as a CEO.  Now I catch up to this Foxnews.com story - Oprah Highest-Paid Star; Simon Cowell a Distant Number Two.

Do you know how much Oprah makes per year?

$260 Million.  A year!

Where is the outrage?  If I am not mistaken, Oprah is the CEO of her production company.  This number is her salary - what about her benefits and perks?  The second highest television salary is $215 MILLION less than her salary!  The mainstream media goes to great length to report these figures for CEO’s of publicly-traded companies, but I have a suspicion that they will turn a blind eye to this one.

Personally, I say kudos to Oprah for running a highly successful company and I am glad that the market demand for her allows her to make this type of salary.

If you're new here and like what you see, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

Posted By Derrick Moe | Compensation | |