Note that the compensation is partially (largely?) due to "options exercised." Depending on how that data is tabulated, it's possible that many options have not

Note that the compensation is partially (largely?) due to "options exercised." Depending on how that data is tabulated, it's possible that many options have not yet been exercised, and thus aren't included in that metric. ie, CEOs might be sitting on a bunch of granted-but-not-yet-exercised options. You could get a better idea by looking at the value of options granted and their vest dates, but I don't care enough to dig that deeply.