SPECIAL REPORT: EXECUTIVE PAY : In the Pink

Jill E. Barad, president and chief operating officer at El Segundo-based Mattel Inc., was the highest-paid among California’s 100 biggest public companies, pulling down nearly $5.5 million in 1993. Barad who gained distinction for reviving the Barbie doll, Mattel’s top-selling product--is one of just two women in the Times’ 1993 salary ranking. The other is Marion O. Sandler, co-chief executive of Golden West Financial, who earned $1.8 million.