The Top Paid: Making Tens of Millions a Year

Philadelphia is home to some of the top paid CEOs in the country. Heading the list of the 25 Top Paid CEOs recently put together by the Philadelphia Inquirer is Comcast CEO Brian Roberts. Roberts earned $24,683,315 up 2 percent from last year.

In a city that faces continued budget issues, and growing poverty the increase in earnings that these CEOs have seen mark a growing inequality that is being experienced across the country.

Some other notable names on the list:

Cigna Corp CEO H. Edward Hanway

$11,416,643

George Paz, CEO of Express Scripts 

$13,805,168 19% increase

Thomas M. Ryan, CVS

$17,434,647 

Ronald A. Williams, Aetna

$17,445,912

To see the full list, check it out here.

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