Ladies, think rising to the top of the heap in Big Law is tough? Well, that’s kid stuff compared to scaling the heights of corporate America.
According a recent New York Times article, “An Elusive Jackpot,” there were only 11 women among the 200 highest-paid chief executives in the United States, a scant 5.5 percent of the total CEOs. Among members of this super-elite group, the median pay was $15.7 million—though high-flyers like Marissa Mayer (above) of Yahoo and Carol Meyrowitz of TJX Companies (owner of T.J. Maxx) made more: $24.9 and $20.7 million, respectively. (Fun facts: Mayer is No. 2 and Meyrowitz No. 3 on the list. The highest paid female CEO is SiriusXM’s Martine Rothblatt, who had a sex change after founding Sirius Satellite Radio; Rothblatt made $38 million.)
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