BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : APRIL 17, 2000 ISSUE
SPECIAL REPORT

The Top-Paid Chief Executives...



                              1999 SALARY    LONG-TERM    TOTAL
                                & BONUS        COMP       PAY
                              THOUSANDS OF
                                DOLLARS

1  CHARLES WANG*                $4,600       650,824     655,424
   COMPUTER ASSOC. INTL.

2  L. DENNIS KOZLOWSKI           4,550       165,446     169,996
   TYCO INTERNATIONAL

3  DAVID POTTRUCK                9,000       118,900     127,900
   CHARLES SCHWAB

4  JOHN CHAMBERS                   943       120,757     121,700
   CISCO SYSTEMS

5  STEPHEN CASE                  1,575       115,510     117,085
   AMERICA ONLINE

6  LOUIS GERSTNER                9,266        92,983     102,250
   IBM

7  JACK WELCH                   13,325        79,813      93,138
   GENERAL ELECTRIC

8  SANFORD WEILL                10,181        80,049      90,230
   CITIGROUP

9  PETER KARMANOS JR.            2,200        85,321      87,521
   COMPUWARE

10 REUBEN MARK                   4,200        81,117      85,318
   COLGATE-PALMOLIVE

11 WILLIAM ESREY                 2,456        74,524      76,980
   SPRINT FON GROUP

12 CARLETON FIORINA**              654        68,781      69,436
   HEWLETT-PACKARD

13 JOSEPH NACCHIO                1,543        67,560      69,103
   QWEST COMM. INTL.

14 CHARLES SCHWAB                9,000        60,096      69,096
   CHARLES SCHWAB

15 MELVIN GOODES***              1,412        60,442      61,853
   WARNER-LAMBERT

16 ROBERT BENNETT                1,000        54,066      55,066
   LIBERTY MEDIA

17 MARK LOGAN                    1,025        53,810      54,835
   VISX

18 ROBERT CECIL****              1,053        50,813      51,865
   PLANTRONICS

19 MICHAEL EISNER                  750        49,907      50,657
   WALT DISNEY

20 KENNETH LAY                   5,407        43,845      49,252
   ENRON
...And 10 Who Aren't CEOs

1  SANJAY KUMAR                $3,300       $355,870     359,170
   COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTL.

2  PAUL MARITZ                    578        144,702     145,279
   MICROSOFT

3  RUSSELL ARTZT                1,470        125,926     127,396
   COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTL

4  JEFFREY MALLETT                260        103,391     103,651
   YAHOO

5  GARY VALENZUELA                205        101,000     101,205
   YAHOO

6  MARK SWARTZ                  2,350         74,833      77,183
   TYCO INTERNATIONAL

7  ANIL SINGH                     277         74,355      74,632
   YAHOO

8  JEFFREY SKILLING             3,902         46,360      50,262
   ENRON

9  CHARLES CAWLEY               5,235         44,165      49,401
   MBNA

10 DONALD LISTWIN               1,041         46,464      47,505
   CISCO SYSTEMS


*Based on 7/99 proxy statement
**Became CEO 7/99
***Retired 5/99
****Resigned 1/99

DATA: EXECUCOMP, PROVIDED BY STANDARD & POOR'S INSTITUTIONAL MARKET SERVICES, A 
DIVISION OF THE McGRAW-HILL COS.


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