Editor’s Note: Following are the top-paid CEOs of U.S.-based companies in the wireless industry. Last week, RCR Wireless News ran the list of the top 20 highest paid wireless executives. This week we are featuring No. 21-30. Some caveats apply: private companies are not included in this list. Also, companies must be U.S.-based and while some companies like Google Inc. are making inroads into the wireless space, the majority of their revenues do not yet come from wireless products and services.
Doug Hutcheson, CEO of Leap Wireless International Inc., leads the third tier of CEOs ranked by pay in this RCR Wireless News editorial feature. To see the 10 highest paid wireless executives, click here. To see the second group of highest paid executives, click here.
No. 21 Doug Hutcheson
Leap Wireless CEO
Salary:$767,308
Other Compensation: $2.1 million
Total Compensation: $2.8 million
No. 22 James Bidzos
VeriSign CEO
Salary: $751,154
Other Compensation: $2 million
Total Compensation: $2.8 million
No. 23 Jeffrey Stoops
SBA Communications CEO
Salary: $502,000
Other Compensation: $2.2 million
Total Compensation: $2.7 million
No. 24 Robert Laikin
Brightpoint CEO
Salary: $900,000
Other Compensation: $1.7 million
Total Compensation: $2.6 million
No. 25 Robert Pullen
Tellabs CEO
Salary: $600,000
Other Compensation: $2 million
Total Compensation: $2.6 million
No. 26 Dominic Orr
Aruba Networks CEO
Salary: $340,088
Other Compensation: $2.2 million
Total Compensation: $2.6 million
No. 27 Ben Verwaayen
Alcatel-Lucent CEO
Salary: $1.6 million
Other Compensation: $767,000
Total Compensation: $2.4 million
No. 28 Peter Leparulo
Novatel Wireless CEO
Salary: $462,000
Other Compensation: $1.7 million
Total Compensation: $2.2 million
No. 29 Frank Drendel
Commscope CEO
Salary: $970,000
Other Compensation: $865,478
Total Compensation: $1.8 million
No. 30 Peter Blackmore
UTStarcom CEO
Salary: $676,667
Other Compensation: $1.3 million
Total Compensation: $2 million
