Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein was awarded $26 million for his work last year, lifting him to No. 1 in the Bloomberg Markets ranking of the best-paid CEOs at North America’s 20 largest financial companies by customer deposits. John Stumpf, who led Wells Fargo & Co. to a record profit of $18.9 billion, was second at $19.3 million, according to Bloomberg. The pay of the 20 chiefs increased an average of 7.7 percent for 2012 compared with a year earlier, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The tally is based on salaries, stock, bonuses and long-term incentive pay awarded to the CEOs for 2012.
