Virginia Business Online
Virginia's 100 Top Paid Exrecutives

In Thousands

Executive Title Company

Salary &
Bonus

Other Stock
Gains
Total Index*
1. Stephen M. Case Chairman, CEO America Online $1,177 $3 $158,057 $159,236 $4,546
2.

Lennert J. Leader1

President

America Online

573

5

26,264

26,841

4,546

3.

Gerald W. Thames

Executive Vice Chairman

Global Telesystems

725

19

20,048

20,793

N/A

4.

Nigel W. Morris

President, COO

Capital One

0

0

20,561

20,561

N/A

5.

Stephen M. Wolf

Chairman

US Airways Group

1,160

4,435

10,884

16,479

402

6.

Joseph W. Luter III

Chairman, CEO

Smithfield Foods

3,836

275

12,031

16,142

197

7.

Richard G. Tilghman

Chairman, CEO

Crestar3

1,479

4,695

9,331

15,505

N/A

8.

Rakesh Gangwal

President, CEO

US Airways Group

1,133

3,063

10,947

15,143

402

9.

Richard L. Sharp

Chairman, CEO

Circuit City

2,180

0

9,722

11,902

291

10.

Gabriel A. Battista2

CEO

Network Solutions

434

15

11,266

11,715

N/A

11.

Nicolas D. Chabraja

Chairman, CEO

General Dynamics

2,100

281

7,985

10,366

290

12.

J.C. Farrell2

Chairman, President, CEO

Pittston

97

3,995

6,052

10,143

116

13.

Jeffrey J. Steiner

Chairman, CEO

Fairchild

9,499

30

0

9,529

557

14.

Daniel F. Gillis

President, CEO

Software AG Systems

649

228

8,398

9,275

N/A

15.

Kenneth J. Novack

Vice Chairman

America Online

999

34

7,018

8,051

4,546

16.

Kerry B. Skeen

President, CEO

Atlantic Coast Airlines

651

177

6,839

7,667

615

17.

Dwight C. Schar

Chairman, President, CEO

NVR

1,500

9

5,937

7,446

489

18.

James E. Turner Jr.

President, COO

General Dynamics

1,125

52

6,118

7,295

290

19.

Lucio A. Noto

Chairman, CEO

Mobil4

2,493

102

4,133

6,278

262

20.

Harry K. McCreery

VP, CFO

Software AG Systems

338

273

6,081

6,692

N/A

21.

John J. Curly

Chairman, CEO

Gannett

2,400

99

3,534

6,033

248

22.

George Vradenburg III

Senior VP

America Online

870

117

4,611

5,598

4,456

23.

John W. Snow

Chairman, President, CEO

CSX

1,100

525

3,890

5,516

114

24.

Robert W. Pittman

President, COO

America Online

1,292

128

3,890

5,310

4,456

25.

Douglas H. McCorkindale

Vice Chairman, President

Gannett

2,225

74

2,944

5,242

248

26.

Norman A. Scher

Executive VP, CFO

Tredeger Industries

422

17

4,518

4,958

707

27.

David R. Goode

Chairman, President, CEO

Norfolk Southern

1,787

822

2,269

4,878

154

28.

Morgan E. O’Brien

Vice Chairman

Nextel Communications

514

5

4,271

4,790

63

29.

Leland C. Brendsel

Chairman, CEO

Freddie Mac

2,925

333

1,260

4,517

556

30.

Eugene A. Renna