Some corporate legal leaders were rewarded handsomely in 2020 amid a volatile year for their companies.
Apple Inc.'s Katherine Adams, Alphabet Inc.'s Kent Walker, and Amazon.com Inc.'s David Zapolsky were among the highest compensated legal chiefs last year, collectively earning a total of almost $100 million, according to corporate filings.
Bloomberg Law tracked the total annual compensation of legal chiefs in the Fortune 1000 based on company proxy statements in which the top lawyer was a named executive officer. At least 10 of those lawyers received compensation packages of over $10 million last year.
In an unusual year for executive ...
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