Biotech Boom Cranks Out Some of the Highest-Paid CEOs in America

A rally in pharmaceutical stocks has made top managers at four biotechnology companies some of the highest-paid executives in the U.S. Hans Bishop, chief executive officer of Juno Therapeutics Inc., a Seattle-based developer of cancer therapies, was awarded salary, options and restricted shares in 2014 that were valued at $88.2 million as of year end, making him the 11th highest-paid executive in the U.S., according to the Bloomberg Pay Index, a daily ranking of the 100 top-paid executives. “The big picture shows a very, very fantastic growth story,” said Asthika Goonewardene, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.

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