Cisco Systems Chief Executive, Jonathan Chambers, took home a pay package for 2007 valued at $12.8 million. The executive also pocketed more than $50 million in stock options as the company's stock continues to outperform the market. Shareholders have nothing to complain about, however.
Chambers took over as CEO in
1995 when the company had about 4,000 employees and less than $2
billion in sales; the company now has about 61,500 employees worldwide and
$34.92 billion in revenue in 2007.