Money | executive compensation Highest-Paid Men in America Chesapeake CEO tops list, but Goldman grabs 3 slots By Kevin Spak Posted Sep 15, 2009 1:16 PM CDT Copied Goldmann Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, seen in this file photo, is only number six on the list, but Goldman holds three of the top 10 spots. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Fortune’s just released its annual list of the country’s highest-paid men and women. The men come out on top, with the top-paid man making two and a half times what the top woman makes. The top 10 men are below, along with total 2008 compensation. Aubrey McClendon, Chairman and CEO, Chesapeake Energy, $112.5 million Sanjay Jha, co-CEO and CEO of mobile devices, Motorola, $104.5 million Lawrence Ellison, CEO, Oracle, $84.5 million Richard Adkerson, president and CEO, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold, $72.3 million Bob Simpson, chairman, XTO Energy, $53.5 million Robert Iger, president and CEO, Walt Disney, $51.1 million Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs, $43 million Kenneth Chenault, chairman and CEO, American Express, $42.8 million Jon Winkelried, president and co-COO, Goldman Sachs, $42.4 million Gary Cohn, president and co-COO, Goldman Sachs, $42.3 million For the next 15, click the link below. Read These Next UPS driver hits the Slip 'N Slide with some partying teens. Kohberger agrees to plea deal in Idaho killings. Lorde's risque photo causes a fuss. After girl goes overboard on cruise, 'hero' dad to the rescue. Report an error