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Shemara Wikramanayake, chief executive officer of Macquarie Group.

The $35 million Macquarie man who out-earned his own CEO

Macquarie Bank chief Shemara Wikramanayake took home $26.5 million, but she wasn’t even the highest-paid executive at the company.

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In happier times: Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson.

‘Massive shareholder loss’: Investors revolt over pay at Kyle and Jackie O’s former network

Shareholders in ARN have overwhelmingly rejected the company’s executive pay packets, with more than 90 per cent of votes opposing its remuneration report.

  • Calum Jaspan
Warner Bros chief David Zaslav’s pay packets have caused a stir in the past.

Billionaire boss: The eye-watering payday for Warner Bros CEO after Paramount deal

David Zaslav is being rewarded handsomely after overseeing the blockbuster takeover by Paramount.

  • James Warrington
Former ANZ chief Shayne Elliott.

Former ANZ chief Shayne Elliott drops legal action against bank

Elliott was denied $13.5 million in bonuses following a string of regulatory woes at the big four giant.

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Index image for How much each local council chief executive in Sydney is paid.

The nine Sydney councils where the CEOs are paid more than $500,000

More than four in five chief executives take home more than NSW Premier Chris Minns. Find out how much your area’s top boss is paid.

  • Cindy Yin
Elon Musk i

Elon Musk wins legal fight to keep $210 billion pay deal

The world’s richest person had a major victory in court, entitling him to a 2018 pay plan that added to debate over whether corporate chieftains are overpaid.

  • Emmett Lindner, Peter Eavis and Rebecca F. Elliott
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ANZ chairman Paul O’Sullivan (left) with chief executive Nuno Matos.

ANZ won’t hesitate to wrest more bonuses from executives, says chair

Paul O’Sullivan told shareholders ANZ would continue to make decisions regarding unvested equity for its former executives “where appropriate”.

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Former ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott outside the Federal Court in October.

Former ANZ boss sues bank after losing $13.5 million in bonuses

Former ANZ boss Shayne Elliott has lodged legal action against the bank after it denied him millions of dollars in bonuses.

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Former ANZ retail boss Maile Carnegie (L), former chief executive Shayne Elliot, and Mark Whelan, ANZ’s current head of institutional bank (R), have all lost their bonuses.

Clawing back millions from top bosses isn’t easy but one bank just did it

A former ANZ boss has had his bonus payment ransacked to the tune of $13.5 million in another sign that his successor is serious about cleaning house at the big bank.

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Elon Musk.

‘I super appreciate it’: Elon Musk wins $US1 trillion Tesla pay deal despite backlash

The pay agreement clears a path for the world’s richest person to become the first-ever trillionaire.

  • Kara Carlson and Tom Maloney