Wal-Mart CEO paid $29.7 million

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. paid Chief Executive H. Lee Scott $29.7 million last year after sales grew at the slowest pace in more than two decades.

Scott, 58, received a salary of $1.3 million and stock valued at $15.3 million, Wal-Mart said in a regulatory filing. The Bentonville, Ark.-based company also awarded him bonuses of $4.29 million and $8.08 million in stock options.