That amount includes his base salary — which increased 11.8 percent year over year — annual incentive compensation and realized stock gains.
Mr. Swedish earned nearly the same amount in 2016 as Bruce Broussard, CEO of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana. Mr. Broussard brought home $17 million last year, more than three times more than he earned in 2015.
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