These life science bigwigs are earning the most cash outside of industry. [© Dani Simmonds - Fotolia.com]
#10. Leland (Lee) H. Hartwell, Ph.D.
President and Director, 1997–20105, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
$634,183 in FY 2010–2011
#9. J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.
Founder, Chairman, and President, J. Craig Venter Institute
$645,929 in CY 2010
#8. Bruce Stillman, Ph.D.
President, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
$751,839 in CY 2010
#7. Eric S. Lander, Ph.D.
Founding Director and Director of the Genome Biology Program, Broad Institute
$818,876 in FY 2010–2011
#6. R. Sanders Williams, M.D.
President, J. David Gladstone Institutes
$862,505 in CY 2010
#5. William R. Brody, M.D., Ph.D.
President, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
$951,743 in FY 2010–2011
#4. Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D.
President & Scientific Director, Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
$1,063,599 in FY 2009–2010
#3. Robert Tjian, Ph.D.
President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
$1,143,070 in FY ending Aug. 31, 2011
#2. Richard A. Lerner, M.D.
Director of predecessor organization, 1987–1991; President and CEO, 1991–2012; Researcher, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, 2012-present6 ,The Scripps Research Institute
$1,370,328 in FY ending Sept. 30, 2010
#1. John C. Reed, M.D., Ph.D.
CEO, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
$1,476,406 in FY 2010–2011
Notes:
1 Succeeded as president by Alan Aderem, Ph.D., as of Jan. 1, 2012.
2 Succeeded by Edison Liu, M.D., as president and CEO on Jan. 2, 2012. Dr. Woychik joined the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences as deputy director
3 Converted from Canadian $534,546.60 as of Sept. 20. Source of 2011 salary is Province of Ontario, “Public Sector Salary Disclosure 2012 (Disclosure for 2011)”: http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/publications/salarydisclosure/2012/otherp12b.html
4 Succeeded by Steve Davis as president and CEO in June, 2012. Dr. Elias joined the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as president of its Global Development Program.
5 Succeeded by Lawrence Corey, M.D., as president and director on Jan. 1, 2011. Dr. Hartwell joined the faculty of Arizona State University, where he established and co-directs the Center for Sustainable Health at ASU's Biodesign Institute; and is ASU's second Virginia G. Piper Chair of Personalized Medicine.
6 Succeeded by Michael A. Marletta, Ph.D., as president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2012.
U.S. salaries are included within the Form 990 filed with the Internal Revenue Service and made public through Guidestar.org.