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CEO pay: biggest raises and biggest cuts of 2014


This undated photo provided by Vertex shows company CEO Jeff Leiden. Leiden was the eigth highest paid CEO in 2014, according to a study carried out by executive compensation data firm Equilar and The Associated Press.
This undated photo provided by Vertex shows company CEO Jeff Leiden. Leiden was the eigth highest paid CEO in 2014, according to a study carried out by executive compensation data firm Equilar and The Associated Press. Vertex Pharmaceuticals/AP

Here is a look at CEOs who received the biggest pay raises and biggest cuts in 2014 compared with 2013, as calculated by the executive pay research firm Equilar for The Associated Press.

Whose pay rose the most:

1. Richard Hayne, Urban Outfitters, $535,636, up 682 percent

2. David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $156.1 million, up 368 percent

3. John Richels, Devon Energy, $14.9 million, up 301 percent

4. Jeffrey Leiden, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, $36.6 million, up 179 percent

5. Patricia Woertz, Archer Daniels Midland, $16.3 million, up 138 percent

Whose pay fell the most:

1. Stephen Kaufer, TripAdvisor, $1.2 million, down 97 percent

2. Richard Adkerson, Freeport-McMoRan, $8.4 million, down 85 percent

3. Sandeep Mathrani, General Growth Properties, $4.9 million, down 78 percent

4. Thomas McInerney, Genworth Financial, $2.7 million, down 78 percent

5. Sean Healey, Affiliated Managers Group, $5.4 million, down 73 percent

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This story was originally published May 26, 2015 at 8:35 AM with the headline "CEO pay: biggest raises and biggest cuts of 2014."

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