Chicago’s $10 million CEOs

Nineteen of the highest-paid executives at Chicago’s 100 largest public companies are in the $10-Million Club, meaning their 2011 compensation packages -- which include cash pay, bonuses, stocks, options, and other compensation -- added up to $10 million or more. See who they are below. A searchable and sortable list of CEO pay for the Chicago area’s 100 largest public companies will show you the bigger picture and you can read more about the trends driving the 24.5 percent average increase in 2010 compensation, for the Chicago-area’s top 100 CEOs.