Women are making more money than ever before in the higher echelons of companies, but their pay is still falling behind that of their male counterparts. The best paid female executive was Morgan Stanley's Zoe Cruz, who took home $30 million in total compensation last year. Yahoo's Susan Decker takes second place with a $25 million paycheck last year. Others include eBay's Meg Whitman ($11 million) and Avon's Andrea Jung ($10.7 million). However, these numbers fall behind their male counterparts. Bob Nardelli, former chief executive of Home Depot, took in a whopping $133.7 million while Viacom's CEO Tom Freston took home $71.6 million. In the end, the 25 best paid men took home $1.3 billion in 2006, which amounts to 4.35 times more than the 25 best paid women.