Millions for bosses: QVC, Incyte, Aramark, Comcast CEOs among highest paid

Cable TV and tech executives were among the highest-paid public-company CEOs in 2014, including salary, bonus and stock gifts reported to the SEC and shareholders in proxy statements so far this year and ranked by executive consultant Equilar and the NY Times here. Highlights:

1) Discovery TV boss David Zaslav, $156 million
2) Michael T. Fries, boss at John Malone's Liberty Global multinational cable TV empire, $111 million
3) Mutual fund mogul Mario Gabelli (Gamco), $88.5 million 
4) Microsoft boss Satya Nadella, $84 million 
5) GoPro mini-camera-maker boss Nicholas Woodman, $77 million
6) Gregory B. Maffei, boss at Liberty Media and West Chester-based shopping channel QVC, $74 million

Other Philly-area CEOs near the top:
19) Herve Hoppenot, of Wilmington-based one-drug-maker Incyte, $33 million
22) Eric J. Foss, boss at Aramark, the cafeteria giant
35) Comcast boss Brian L. Roberts, $26 million