Despite taking a pay cut, McGregor still made the list of top paid tech CEOs. With a base salary just shy of $1 million, a bonus of $2.3 million and Broadcom(BRCM) stock awards valued at about $11.8 million, McGregor made more than $15 million in 2012.
Total compensation is calculated as the sum of base salary, discretionary and performance-based cash bonuses, the grant-date fair value of stock and option awards during the fiscal year, and other compensation like benefits and perks. Equilar, an executive compensation research firm, prepared the data by looking at CEOs of technology companies that filed proxies by June 3, 2013. See more on Scott McGregor from Equilar.