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Economics

Mark Zuckerberg Was America's Highest Paid Public CEO in 2012

Almost $2.3 billion in compensation

Reason Staff | 10.24.2013 1:10 PM

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Mark Zuckerberg was by far the highest paid public CEO in the United States last year, according to a new report.

The Facebook CEO's total compensation for 2012 was nearly $2.3 billion, more than twice that of the next-highest paid CEO, according to GMI Ratings, which analyzed compensation for more than 2,000 CEOs of publicly traded companies.

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