GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt Sees Compensation Rise 14%GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt Sees Compensation Rise 14%

Total Compensation: $23,376,805

Total Salary: $3,800,000

Previous Fiscal Year Compensation: $20,530,474

Percent Difference: +14%

It would make sense that Immelt would make the list, since GE is a huge conglomerate where medical device manufacturing is only a portion of the business. Immelt saw his stock awards double to $6.2 million, and his non-equity incentive plan compensation more than tripled to $7.6 million. The increased incentives more than made up for the drop in the value of Immelt's pension plan and other nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, down about two-thirds in value to $6.3 million. 

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