CEO pay: a look at the Top 5 breadwinners

2. Lawrence Ellison, Oracle – $68.6 million

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Software mogul Lawrence Ellison smiles during a news conference after Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup in Valencia, Spain, in this file photo taken Feb. 12, 2010. Ellison is valued at $39.5 billion on the Forbes Top 10 Richest people list, is the second-highest paid CEO in the US, and won the America's Cup as well.

Though Lawrence Ellison’s total compensation from Oracle stayed flat from 2009 to 2010, his net worth grew by $11.5 billion in the last year. With a net worth of $39.5 billion, Mr. Ellison is the only one of the Top 5 highest paid CEOs on the list who is also one of the Top 5 richest people in the world (he’s No.5). Ellison is the co-founder of the software company, which is based in Redwood Shores, Calif., and employs 105,000 people worldwide.

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