That's speculation really, but EA veteran, Chairman and CEO Larry Probst pulled in a cool $12.59 million last year, which would net him a fairly decent sized swimming pool filled with gold coinage.

Larry sits upon his throne made of excess Catwoman stock at 114 on the Forbes 500 list of top paid CEO's, but at 30 on the performance versus pay 189 list. I'm sure Larry will bring up the latter at his next review.

Forbes pegs Probst's actual cash compensation salary at around $680,000, but his massive stock option allocations make up the rest of the EA fat cat's annual gross. So don't get mad at Larry for those $60 versions of $50 games you bought last year, he's just scrapin' by.

Forbes: EA's Probst Has $12.6 Million Compensation, Good Performance [Gamasutra]
Lawrence F Probst III Details [Forbes]

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