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The following CEOs at Philadelphia-area companies are ranked by their total compensation in 2006 as calculated by Equilar Inc. Total includes salary, bonus, other pay, options awards, stock awards and long-term cash awards. Percentage changes from 2005 to 2006 compare only the cash components (base salaries and annual bonuses).
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| Rank | Name | Title | Company | Base Salary | Annual Bonus | Stock Awards | Total Pay | % change '05-'06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian L. Roberts | President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | COMCAST CORP | $2,501,000 | $11,402,454 | $5,276,250 | $27,451,276 | 37.9% |
| 2 | Robert J. Stevens | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | $1,465,154 | $3,700,000 | $8,972,040 | $25,099,747 | 14.8% |
| 3 | Ronald A. Williams | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | AETNA INC /PA/ | $1,073,077 | $1,612,500 | $11,995,058 | $24,740,085 | -0.5% |
| 4 | Robert I. Toll | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer And Director | TOLL BROTHERS INC | $1,300,000 | $17,531,042 | $- | $23,408,813 | -34.2% |
| 5 | Jean-pierre Garnier, Dr. | Chief Executive Officer | GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC | $1,700,000 | $3,080,000 | $11,224,400 | $21,692,072 | -19.7% |
| 6 | Alan B. Miller | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC | $1,228,204 | $6,566,000 | $10,124,200 | $21,436,798 | 109.0% |
| 7 | Evan G. Greenberg | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | ACE LTD | $,1,000 | $3,600,000 | $10,148,638 | $20,844,286 | 27.8% |
| 8 | Jeffrey Noddle | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | SUPERVALU INC | $1,100,000 | $1,489,125 | $13,791,709 | $20,370,108 | 42.0% |
| 9 | Ivan G. Seidenberg | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC | $2,100,000 | $4,252,500 | $13,125,018 | $20,211,918 | 1.7% |
| 10 | W. James Mcnerney, Jr. | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | BOEING CO | $1,750,000 | $4,025,000 | $- | $19,529,039 | 42.7% |
| 11 | William C. Weldon | Chairman/CEO | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | $1,659,231 | $7,461,440 | $2,041,054 | $19,356,339 | 98.9% |
| 12 | Robert Essner | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | WYETH | $1,662,000 | $3,000,000 | $8,289,200 | $18,403,738 | 8.7% |
| 13 | G. Kennedy Thompson | Chairman, President and CEO | WACHOVIA CORP NEW | $1,090,000 | $5,150,000 | $6,285,447 | $18,262,382 | 2.5% |
| 14 | Thomas M. Ryan | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | CVS CORP | $1,150,000 | $4,800,000 | $3,999,971 | $17,848,830 | 26.6% |
| 15 | Edward D. Breen | Chairman & CEO | TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD /BER/ | $1,625,000 | $1,625,000 | $7,540,000 | $16,018,278 | 6.4% |
| 16 | Michael D. Lockhart | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of AHI; Director, Chairman of the Board and Presid | ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC | $980,000 | $1,520,000 | $4,751,202 | $15,593,905 | 16.2% |
| 17 | Arthur F. Ryan | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | $,1,000 | $6,300,000 | $4,544,784 | $15,316,724 | 9.8% |
| 18 | Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.d. | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | CEPHALON INC | $1,129,000 | $1,772,500 | $6,038,100 | $14,324,222 | 27.3% |
| 19 | H. Edward Hanway | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | CIGNA CORP | $1,101,923 | $3,000,000 | $- | $14,106,123 | 1.2% |
| 20 | Robert L. Parkinson, Jr. | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC | $1,190,769 | $3,000,000 | $2,243,475 | $12,757,329 | 36.3% |
| 21 | James E. Rohr | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC | $950,000 | $2,850,000 | $4,283,000 | $12,199,917 | 6.3% |
| 22 | Douglas R. Conant | President and Chief Executive Officer | CAMPBELL SOUP CO | $1,075,000 | $2,502,500 | $8,253,000 | $12,019,739 | 26.5% |
| 23 | Jon A. Boscia | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP | $925,000 | $4,625,000 | $2,432,781 | $11,784,029 | -1.4% |
| 24 | Steven A. Burd | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | SAFEWAY INC | $1,332,250 | $2,639,825 | $545,000 | $11,461,400 | 22.2% |
| 25 | Mark A. Nesci | Chief Executive Officer and Director | BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY WAREHOUSE CORP | $600,780 | $150,000 | $3,500,010 | $11,364,908 | 91.1% |
| 26 | Daniel Gideon Cohen | Chief Executive Officer | RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST | $600,000 | $- | $10,472,539 | $11,072,877 | N/A |
| 27 | John W. Rowe | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | EXELON CORP | $1,291,918 | $1,851,800 | $7,239,590 | $10,958,763 | 8.7% |
| 28 | John P. Jones Iii | Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer | AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/ | $1,115,000 | $2,220,000 | $3,208,660 | $10,654,762 | 9.2% |
| 29 | John J. Brennan | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | ICT GROUP INC | $674,039 | $377,982 | $7,448,841 | $10,260,053 | -10.7% |
| 30 | Matthew Emmens | Chief Executive Officer | SHIRE PLC | $1,105,000 | $1,985,000 | $4,574,241 | $10,239,468 | 36.9% |
| 31 | Charles O. Holliday, Jr. | Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer | DUPONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO | $1,293,000 | $2,103,000 | $4,559,960 | $10,205,286 | 17.8% |
| 32 | David B. Snow Jr. | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC | $1,183,224 | $1,700,000 | $- | $10,080,847 | 12.0% |
| 33 | Surya N. Mohapatra | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC | $1,023,000 | $2,046,307 | $2,872,925 | $10,019,161 | 59.9% |
| 34 | David R Brennan | Chief Executive Officer | ASTRAZENECA PLC | $1,720,000 | $1,917,000 | $5,002,269 | $9,867,269 | 178.5% |
| 35 | Trevor Fetter | President and Chief Executive Officer | TENET HEALTHCARE CORP | $1,081,000 | $1,051,340 | $- | $9,783,152 | -4.4% |
| 36 | Rajiv L. Gupta | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | ROHM & HAAS CO | $1,005,000 | $1,437,150 | $4,868,671 | $9,723,770 | 0.0% |
| 37 | Peter M. Carlino | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC | $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | $1,987,200 | $9,633,147 | 40.0% |
| 38 | John G. Drosdick | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President | SUNOCO INC | $1,140,000 | $1,840,781 | $2,585,970 | $8,161,587 | -20.3% |
| 39 | Richard T. Clark | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President | MERCK & CO INC | $1,183,334 | $1,800,000 | $3,158,100 | $8,039,170 | 34.5% |
| 40 | Henning Kagermann | CEO | SAP AG | $891,719 | $- | $- | $7,975,849 | -84.8% |
| 41 | Peter A. Lankau | President and Chief Executive Officer | ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC | $519,500 | $220,788 | $- | $7,675,224 | -1.6% |
| 42 | Vernon W. Hill, Ii | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bancorp; Chairman, President and Chief Executive | COMMERCE BANCORP INC /NJ/ | $,1,000 | $1,500,000 | $- | $7,448,544 | 83.2% |
| 43 | Francis S. Blake | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | HOME DEPOT INC | $758,384 | $255,000 | $5,327,850 | $7,078,344 | -32.9% |
| 44 | David J. Field | Chief Executive Officer and President | ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS CORP | $717,423 | $600,000 | $5,636,000 | $6,982,499 | 3.9% |
| 45 | Wayne T. Smith | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director | COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC | $990,000 | $712,800 | $3,830,000 | $6,817,952 | -40.3% |
| 46 | Dorrit J. Bern | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | CHARMING SHOPPES INC | $1,250,000 | $1,197,501 | $2,499,993 | $6,720,504 | -34.7% |
| 47 | Jeffrey P. Black | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | TELEFLEX INC | $850,000 | $416,500 | $2,047,500 | $6,679,036 | -22.2% |
| 48 | Richard L. Clemmer | President and Chief Executive Officer | AGERE SYSTEMS INC | $680,000 | $425,000 | $3,022,500 | $6,675,719 | N/A |
| 49 | Michael T. Strianese | President and Chief Executive Officer, Director, Corporate Ethics Officer and Chief Financial Office | L 3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC | $775,192 | $1,650,000 | $- | $6,597,259 | 118.5% |
| 50 | Harold W. Pote | President and Chief Executive Officer | AMERICAN FINANCIAL REALTY TRUST | $500,000 | $- | $5,699,904 | $6,199,904 | N/A |
| 51 | George Paz | President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. | EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC | $780,000 | $842,400 | $2,381,948 | $6,136,270 | -11.1% |
| 52 | Gregory B. Maffei | Chief Executive Officer, President | LIBERTY MEDIA CORP | $,1,000 | $1,625,000 | $1,875,046 | $5,738,257 | N/A |
| 53 | Gerard H. Sweeney | President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee | BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST | $409,083 | $1,327,206 | $3,620,000 | $5,606,272 | 13.3% |
| 54 | Lakshmi N. Mittal | Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer | MITTAL STEEL CO N.V. | $2,005,000 | $1,677,000 | $- | $5,471,516 | 67.8% |
| 55 | W. Douglas Parker | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | US AIRWAYS GROUP INC | $550,000 | $880,000 | $1,537,600 | $5,004,343 | 160.0% |
| 56 | John W. Conway | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | CROWN HOLDINGS INC | $1,075,000 | $- | $3,541,077 | $4,920,058 | -77.5% |
| 57 | Armando Anido, R.ph. | Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director | AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC | $450,000 | $153,563 | $1,562,000 | $4,808,800 | N/A |
| 58 | Robert Rosenkranz | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | DELPHI FINANCIAL GROUP INC/DE | $755,000 | $1,500,000 | $2,299,955 | $4,788,769 | 30.7% |
| 59 | Craig A. Rogerson | President and Chief Executive Officer | HERCULES INC | $712,508 | $1,387,000 | $2,487,340 | $4,779,207 | 71.7% |
| 60 | Frank S. Hermance | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | AMETEK INC/ | $700,000 | $1,232,000 | $- | $4,770,305 | 18.9% |
| 61 | Robert J. Torcolini | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP | $829,808 | $1,659,616 | $2,223,375 | $4,744,705 | 94.7% |
| 62 | Nicholas L. Teti | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ISOLAGEN INC | $700,000 | $480,000 | $- | $4,599,217 | N/A |
| 63 | Mary F. Sammons | Director, President & Chief Executive Officer | RITE AID CORP | $,1,000 | $1,543,631 | $799,999 | $4,594,541 | 81.0% |
| 64 | Matthew J. Espe | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS INC | $870,000 | $813,450 | $649,800 | $4,535,679 | 27.9% |
| 65 | William G. Walter | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President | FMC CORP | $891,667 | $1,286,675 | $758,732 | $4,396,740 | 6.3% |
| 66 | R. David Yost | Chief Executive Officer | AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORP | $1,081,718 | $1,585,479 | $470,694 | $4,342,919 | 50.2% |
| 67 | Joseph Neubauer | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ARAMARK CORP/DE | $,1,000 | $1,750,000 | $448,131 | $4,261,658 | 5.8% |
| 68 | Jeffrey P. Orleans | Chairman and CEO | ORLEANS HOMEBUILDERS INC | $850,000 | $3,357,270 | $- | $4,241,755 | 14.2% |
| 69 | Dennis Alter | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ADVANTA CORP | $595,000 | $334,723 | $1,784,857 | $4,189,342 | 1.2% |
| 70 | Michael R. Dougherty | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | ADOLOR CORP | $333,797 | $50,085 | $618,000 | $4,175,463 | 5.1% |
| 71 | Peter Boneparth | President and Chief Executive Officer | JONES APPAREL GROUP INC | $2,500,000 | $- | $1,472,000 | $4,036,627 | -32.4% |
| 72 | Lon R. Greenberg | Chairman, Director and Chief Executive Officer | UGI CORP /PA/ | $920,000 | $997,234 | $1,024,000 | $3,952,456 | -23.6% |
| 73 | David R. Carlucci | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | IMS HEALTH INC | $801,250 | $1,041,625 | $963,500 | $3,936,127 | 7.4% |
| 74 | Randy H. Thurman | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | VIASYS HEALTHCARE INC | $692,308 | $975,000 | $1,497,340 | $3,931,010 | 1.5% |
| 75 | James H. Miller | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | PPL CORP | $828,750 | $1,005,000 | $1,007,580 | $3,820,329 | 61.3% |
| 76 | George V. Hager, Jr. | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | GENESIS HEALTHCARE CORP | $715,000 | $180,700 | $75,300 | $3,699,690 | -12.6% |
| 77 | Peter Mccausland | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | AIRGAS INC | $741,667 | $1,320,000 | $- | $3,447,975 | 28.9% |
| 78 | Donald E. Morel, Jr. | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC | $664,059 | $916,104 | $857,689 | $3,358,091 | 46.0% |
| 79 | Joseph W. Mcgrath | President and Chief Executive Officer | UNISYS CORP | $941,667 | $810,000 | $1,333,000 | $3,188,969 | 94.6% |
| 80 | E. James Ferland | Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of PSEG | PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC | $1,115,816 | $1,680,000 | $- | $3,074,851 | 16.1% |
| 81 | Gerald Paul | Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer and Director | VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC | $830,000 | $1,965,788 | $69,550 | $3,002,838 | 69.0% |
| 82 | Robert J. Capetola, Ph.d. | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | DISCOVERY LABORATORIES INC /DE/ | $470,000 | $150,000 | $105,150 | $2,735,138 | -16.2% |
| 83 | Ronald J. Naples | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP | $611,208 | $1,128,641 | $259,870 | $2,672,356 | 70.2% |
| 84 | Michael L. Browne | President and Chief Executive Officer | HARLEYSVILLE GROUP INC | $600,000 | $422,070 | $- | $2,620,083 | 13.1% |
| 85 | James J. Maguire, Jr. | Director, President and Chief Executive Officer | PHILADELPHIA CONSOLIDATED HOLDING CORP | $500,000 | $375,000 | $- | $2,577,159 | 48.9% |
| 86 | George W. Off | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS INC | $767,499 | $92,100 | $1,011,380 | $2,495,653 | -41.9% |
| 87 | Michel De Rosen | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | VIROPHARMA INC | $375,000 | $171,562 | $- | $2,468,800 | -2.4% |
| 88 | Cristobal Conde | Director and President; Chief Executive Officer | SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS INC | $874,000 | $1,517,972 | $- | $2,438,271 | -20.9% |
| 89 | Jonathan Z. Cohen | President & Chief Executive Officer | RESOURCE AMERICA INC | $600,000 | $1,700,000 | $32,614 | $2,390,272 | 61.6% |
| 90 | Ted T. Cecala | Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and WTC | WILMINGTON TRUST CORP | $634,400 | $525,150 | $- | $2,375,720 | -22.8% |
| 91 | Rick Lepley | Chief Executive Officer and Director | A.C. MOORE ARTS & CRAFTS, INC. | $550,000 | $280,000 | $- | $2,288,386 | N/A |
| 92 | Michael G. Rubin | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President | GSI COMMERCE INC | $449,500 | $- | $1,725,007 | $2,225,048 | 0.1% |
| 93 | Richard C. Ill | President and Chief Executive Officer | TRIUMPH GROUP, INC. | $635,000 | $952,500 | $571,678 | $2,212,790 | 62.0% |
| 94 | Robert M. Jelenic | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | JOURNAL REGISTER CO | $969,000 | $375,000 | $696,500 | $2,155,150 | 25.7% |
| 95 | David R. Helwig | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President; Director | INFRASOURCE SERVICES INC | $452,030 | $615,000 | $600,060 | $2,154,515 | 29.6% |
| 96 | Vincent T. Donnelly | President and Chief Executive Officer | PMA CAPITAL CORP | $685,077 | $313,605 | $908,875 | $1,988,484 | 28.1% |
| 97 | Jeffrey F. O'donnell | President and Chief Executive Officer | PHOTOMEDEX INC | $350,000 | $157,500 | $- | $1,888,113 | 14.8% |
| 98 | Gerald B. Shreiber | Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | J&J SNACK FOODS CORP | $637,000 | $736,000 | $- | $1,880,004 | 9.8% |
| 99 | Ronald Rubin | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | PENNSYLVANIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST | $530,400 | $396,032 | $815,582 | $1,876,125 | 36.6% |
| 100 | John D. Craig | Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer | ENERSYS | $783,000 | $1,015,943 | $- | $1,872,853 | 85.7% |
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