I did some digging in Oracle's SEC filings and in fiscal 2009, Larry Ellison (who in FY 2012 was still the highest paid CEO in the country) was given ~$80MM in

I did some digging in Oracle's SEC filings and in fiscal 2009, Larry Ellison (who in FY 2012 was still the highest paid CEO in the country) was given ~$80MM in compensation, where 97% was in "variable compensation" (stock option grant + performance bonus) Name - Lawrence J. Ellison Size of Option grant in FY09 (Shares) - 7,000,000 Accounting Grant Date Fair Value of Option Grants in FY09 ($) - 78,421,000 Intrinsic Value of FY09 Option Grants as of 5/29/2009 ($) - 0 Intrinsic Value of FY09 Option Grants as of 8/10/2009 ($) - 3,640,000 http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/000119312509179868/ddef14a.htm http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/0001193125091... The disparity between the intrinsic value of the option grants between May and August must mean that the shares increased in value by about $.50 in those ~3 months. I'm always astonished that Ellison still owns ~24% of Oracle.