The 10 Highest Paid CEOs of the Last Decade

No. 1: Lawrence Ellison, Oracle. Total realized compensation (1999-2009) $1.84 billion. According to a Wall Street Journal analysis, Ellison, the 65-year-old founder and CEO of the software giant, was the single best-paid public company executive during the last decade. Gains on options accounted for nearly all of his pay. Oracle's market capitalization tripled during the decade. (VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)