Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, shown speaking during the Oracle OpenWorld 2011 conference in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2011, had the second highest CEO compensation at $77,556,016 in 2011, according to the AFL-CIO. Forbes' 2012 third richest person in the U.S. and the world's sixth richest with a net worth of $36 billion, Ellison has been CEO of the software company since he founded it in 1977. (Tony Avelar/Bloomberg via Getty Images)