Google's boss Sundar Pichai is the highest-paid CEO in US

Pichai became Google's CEO in October following its re-organisation into holding company Alphabet.

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai, 43, has become the highest paid CEO in the United States after being awarded $199m in shares, a regulatory filing has revealed.
According to Forbes, the founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have amassed fortunes of $34.6bn and $33.9 billion.
Pichai became Google's CEO in October following its reorganisation into holding company Alphabet. He was awarded 273,328 Alphabet shares on February 3, worth a total of $199m, according to SEC filings.

The top ten highest paid US chief executives of 2015 1.John Hammergren, pharmaceutical firm McKesson: $131.2m 2.Ralph Lauren, founder of fashion house Ralph Lauren: $66.7m 3.Michael Fascitelli, real estate investment trust Vornado Realty: $64.4m 4.Richard Kinder, energy infrastructure firm Kinder Morgan: $60.9m 5.David Cote, conglomerate Honeywell: $55.8m 6.George Paz, pharmaceutical services firm Express Scripts: $51.5m* 7.Jeffery H Boyd, travel and tourism website Priceline.com: $50.2m* 8.Stephen Hemsley, US health insurance firm UnitedHealth Group: $48.8m* 9.Clarence P Cazalot, Marathon Oil: $43.7m 10.John C Martin, biotech company Gilead Sciences: $$43.2m Source: Forbes magazine. Figures include shares awards the individual vested in the year *Previous year's total compensation.