CEO pay: a look at the Top 5 breadwinners

3. Leslie Moonves, CBS – $53.9 million

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Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS, talks about the challenges of broadcast as more people turn to the Internet for their news and entertainment during the National Association of Broadcasters Show April 12, 2011, in Las Vegas. Moonves made more money in 2007 but is higher on the list now.

Leslie Moonves, the CEO of CBS Corp., made about $7 million less than he made in 2007, but his compensation still earns him the No. 3 spot on the list of the highest-paid CEOs. He has been president of CBS since 1995 and was co-president of Viacom before the two companies split in 2005. Moonves’ compensation was cut by about two-thirds between 2007 and 2008, but it has been bounding upward since.

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