Here are the 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2016, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. 1. Thomas Rutledge Charter Communications Inc. $98 million 2. Leslie Moonves CBS Corp. $68.6 million 3. Robert Iger Walt Disney Co. $41 million 4. David Zaslav Discovery Communications Inc. $37.2 million 5. Robert Kotick Activision