Top 10 Highest Paid Public-Company CEOs of 2011 -- PICTURES

By Matt Vasilogambros

Updated: June 1, 2012 | 1:45 p.m.
May 25, 2012 | 8:48 a.m.

The average CEO of a public company made $9.6 million in 2011, up more than 6 percent over the previous year. Here are the top 10 highest-paid CEOs of 2011, according to the Associated Press.

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1. David Simon, Simon Property Group, $137.2 million, up 458 percent. (AP Photo)

2. Leslie Moonves, CBS, $68.4 million, up 20 percent. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

3. David M. Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $52.4 million, up 23 percent. (PRNewsFoto/Discovery Communications, Inc.)

4. Sanjay K. Jha, Motorola Mobility, $47.2 million, up 262 percent. (PRNewsFoto/Motorola Mobility)

5. Philippe P. Dauman, Viacom, $43.1 million, down 49 percent. (AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude)

6. David M. Cote, Honeywell International, $35.7 million, up 135 percent. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

7. Robert A. Iger, Walt Disney, $31.4 million, up 12 percent. (AP Photo/Katy Winn)

8. Clarence P. Cazalot Jr., Marathon Oil, $29.9 million, up 239 percent.

9. John P. Daane, Altera, $29.6, million, up 278 percent.

10. Alan Mulally, Ford Motor, $29.5 million, up 11 percent. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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