The most highly valued banker of the world is an American businessman James Daimon. is chairman, president and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, largest of the Big Four American banks, and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He is one of the few bank chief executives to become a billionaire, thanks in part to a $485 million USD stake in JPMorgan Chase. He received a $23 million pay package for fiscal year 2011, more than any other bank CEO in the United States. James Dimon received $27.6 million in compensation for his work in fiscal year 2014.
The second place by the amount of cash coverage is given to James P. Gorman, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley. The sum of his compensation for the past year was about $23 million.
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, is on the third place of the rating with the compensation for 2014 was equal to $22.2.
The fourth place is taken by another American millionaire, CEO of Wells Fargo Bank John Stumpf. The amount of his compensation for 2014 was $19.3 million.
Stuart Gulliver, CEO of HSBC Bank, occupies the fifth line of the rating from Egualar. The compensation mount for Gulliver last year was estimated at $15.5 million.
Another US representative, Brian Moynihan, is among the highest-paid bankers in the world. Moynihan is the Bank of America Chairman. The compensation for 2014 was $14.6.
Michael Korbat closes the chain of this rating. A representative of Citigroup Bank received about $14.5 million as the compensation for his work last year.
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