Ed Whitacre
Company: AT&T
Years as CEO:
Severance Package: $230 Million
Ed Whitacre was with AT&T for 43 years and was chairman, president and CEO for the last 17 of those. After he retired from the company in 2007, he went on to be chairman and CEO of GM in 2009 and is generally credited with helping to turn the federally bailed-out company around.
