Occidental CEO got more than $400 million in 2006 Reuters Sunday, April 8, 2007; 4:11 PM CHICAGO (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s (OXY.N) chairman and chief executive took in more than $400 million in compensation last year, the company said in a filing, one of the biggest single-year payouts in U.S. corporate history. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/08/AR2007040800557.html
I'm sure he worked every bit as hard for it as Lee R. Raymond, Exxon Mobil's CEO, did for his 1/2 billion dollar+ one year's payment.