- Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer gets an impressive $157.9 million even if the internet company is sold off.
- The biggest potential windfall from a change of control goes to Stephen (Steve) Wynn, Wynn Resorts. The 73-year-old casino maverick stands to be paid $431.8 million if the company were to go through a change of control, S&P Capital IQ data says.
- David Simon, 54, CEO of Simon Property Group, real-estate investment trust for 20 years, now has a lucrative golden parachute in place that would pay him $293.4 million on a change-of-control event, says S&P Capital IQ.
- David Zaslav of media company Discovery Communications.
- Terry Lundgren of department store operator Macy’s, that get the largest potential payouts if their companies are taken over, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ.
Read the full story at USA TODAY, by Matt Krantz
