However Adelson is not the best paid executive at Las Vegas Sands, for the second year in a row, Michael A. Leven surpassed him.
Leven, who is Las Vegas Sands president, chief operating officer and secretary, took home us$ 23.5 million, an increase of 92 % over 2010. He further hit the jackpot, as he also gained last year a total of us$ 71.4 million from exercising previously awarded stock options.
The two executives’ compensation packages include salary, stock awards, option awards and incentive compensation, plus other types of compensation.