The compensation packages for the top entertainment execs have drastically grown.
Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes' 2011 compensation package was worth $25.9 million, down 1% from 2010.
David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery Communications Inc., meanwhile, got a 23% raise in 2011 to $52.4 million.
In 2011, Robert Iger, CEO of Walt Disney Co., collected $31.4 million and Viacom Inc.'s Philippe Dauman received $43 million.
While Mo Ostin's net worth has not been that easy to estimate, we suspect that the record executive's annual earnings will make today's execs a run for their money.
Ostin just recently donated $10 million to build UCLA's new on-campus basketball training and performance facility. This is in addition to what he committed back in 2011 when he shouldered half of the cost to construct the state-of-the-art Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center. Ostin previously gifted UCLA $10 million for this project.
In 1990, Ostin and wife Evelyn had gotten their Malibu home updated to the tune of $2 million which they bought from rock star Rod Stewart, according to sources.
The couple also have a home in Brentwood, so huge that it can cover the better part of Disneyland with its roof.
In 1993, when rumors surfaced about Ostin, then 66, might migrate to Disney's Hollywood Records, it has been revealed that he's being compensated more than $4 million a year.
People close to Ostin said that he did'nt need the money or power. He has a palatial estate, he has a private jet at his disposal, and one of the best gigs in the world.