TopRank Florida™ — Highest Paid CEOs
by Base Salary
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2007 Rank Name Title Company City Website Base Salary Other Compensation Company Revenue (millions)
1 Bennett S. LeBow Chairman Vector Group Ltd. Miami vectorgroupltd.com $3,950,000 $335,127 $506.3
2 Howard M. Lorber President/CEO Vector Group Ltd. Miami vectorgroupltd.com 2,581,286 2,845,560 506.3
3 Raul Alarcon Jr. Chairman/Pres./CEO Spanish Broadcasting System Coconut Grove spanishbroadcasting.com 1,226,889 831,398 176.9
4 Antonio B. Mon President/CEO Technical Olympic USA Inc. Hollywood tousa.com 1,200,562 1,264,795 2,637.3
5 Jerry L. Starkey President/CEO WCI Communities Inc. Bonita Springs wcicommunities.com 1,200,000 24,239 2,053.7
6(T) Michael J. Jackson Chairman/CEO AutoNation Inc. Fort Lauderdale corp.autonation.com 1,150,000 1,314,341 18,988.6
6(T) Lewis Hay III Chairman/CEO FPL Group Inc. Tallahassee fpl.com 1,150,000 2,285,063 15,710.0
8 Peter L. Lynch1 President/CEO Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. Jacksonville winn-dixie.com 1,114,773 4,042,767 7,193.9
9 Scott A. Edmonds President/CEO Chicos FAS Inc. Fort Myers chicos.com 1,070,000 461,127 1,646.5
10 Richard D. Fain Chairman/CEO Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Miami royalcaribbean.com 1,017,789 3,028,787 5,229.6
11(T) Warren B. Kanders Chairman/CEO Armor Holdings Inc. Jacksonville armorholdings.com 1,000,000 2,521,060 2,360.9
11(T) Stuart A. Miller President/CEO Lennar Corp. Miami lennar.com 1,000,000 4,720,900 16,266.7
11(T) Steve Odland Chairman/CEO Office Depot Inc. Delray Beach officedepot.com 1,000,000 2,616,549 15,010.8
11(T) Robert M. Dutkowsky CEO Tech Data Corp. Clearwater techdata.com 1,000,000 921,000 21,440.4
15 Timothy L. Main President/CEO Jabil Circuit Inc. St. Petersburg jabil.com 996,154 631,398 10,300.0
16 Michael J. Ward Chairman/Pres./CEO CSX Corp. Jacksonville csx.com 995,833 2,189,087 9,566.0
17 E.V. Goings Chairman/CEO Tupperware Brands Corp. Orlando tupperwarebrands.com 986,772 3,592,027 1,743.7
18 Albert H. Nahmad Chairman/CEO Watsco Inc. Coconut Grove watsco.com 960,000 2,935,993 1,800.8
19 Ira B. Lampert Chairman/Pres./CEO Concord Camera Corp. Hollywood concord-camera.com 955,382 7,688,526 137.5
20 Howard L. Lance Chairman/Pres./CEO Harris Corp. Melbourne harris.com 912,020 2,542,639 3,474.8
21 Amin J. Khoury Chairman/CEO B/E Aerospace Inc. Wellington beaerospace.com 904,000 3,642,701 1,128.2
22 S. Leslie Flegel CEO Source Interlink Cos. Bonita Springs sourceinterlink.com 884,363 1,425,000 1,854.8
23 Micky Arison Chairman/CEO Carnival Corp. Miami carnivalcorp.com 850,000 3,110,400 11,839.0
24 Gregory T. Swienton Chairman/CEO Ryder System Inc. Miami ryder.com 843,750 1,805,424 6,306.6
25 James E. OConnor Chairman/CEO Republic Services Inc. Fort Lauderdale republicservices.com 843,238 2,996,059 3,070.6
Ranked by base salary for fiscal 2006. 1Compensation reflects fiscal year ending June 2007. T=tie. All data from public company records for fiscal 2006. Research by Sara Peeples. Copyright 2007 Trend Magazines Inc.

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