MANAGEMENT: Kings of the Mountain

Who are the highest paid executives in U.S. industry? In a survey of 400 key executives, Business Week magazine reported that the top three all made more than $700,000 in salary and bonus last year. Best paid: General Motors President Harlow H. Curtice with $776,400. Second was Bethlehem Steel Chairman Eugene G. Grace with $705,923, and third G.M.'s Board Chairman Albert Bradley with $701,525. Right behind was Du Pont President Crawford H. Greenewalt, whose $642,619 came from a $178,619 salary and a whopping $464,000 bonus. A few notches lower, Chrysler Corp. President L. L. Colbert picked up a $249,800...

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