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The 10-highest paid women CEOs of 2015

Here are the 10 highest-paid women CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.

1. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo, $36 million, down 15 percent. Yahoo's stock return last fiscal year: -34 percent.

2. Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo, $22.2 million, up 16 percent. Stock return: 9 percent.

3. Phebe Novakovic, General Dynamics, $20.4 million, up 8 percent. Stock return: 2 percent.

4. Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed Martin, $20.2 million, up 13 percent. Stock return: 16 percent.

5. Virginia Rometty, International Business Machines, $19.8 million, up 10 percent. Stock return: -11 percent.

6. Mary Dillon, ULTA Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, $18.6 million, up 200 percent. Stock return: 37 percent.

7. Irene Rosenfeld, Mondelez International, $18.3 million, up 15 percent. Stock return: 25 percent.

8. Heather Bresch, Mylan, $18.2 million, down 25 percent. Stock return: -4 percent.

9. Carol Meyrowitz, TJX Companies, $18 million, down 23 percent. Stock return: 9 percent.

10. Meg Whitman, HP, $17.1 million, down 13 percent. Stock return: -23 percent.

FILE - In this April 8, 2008, file photo, Mylan Pharmaceuticals CEO Heather Bresch poses for a photo in her office in Canonsburg, Pa. Bresch was one of the highest-paid women CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks, File) The Associated Press
FILE - In this Monday, March 22, 2010, file photo, PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi speaks to reporters during the PepsiCo media day and investor expo in New York. Nooyi was one of the highest-paid women CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) The Associated Press
This undated photo provided by General Dynamics shows company CEO Phebe N. Novakovic. Novakovic was one of the highest-paid women CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (Courtesy of General Dynamics via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press
FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2014, file photo, Meg Whitman, the chairman, president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Whitman was one of the highest-paid women CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) The Associated Press
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, file photo, Virginia M. Rometty, chairwoman and CEO of IBM, speaks during a conference at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona, Spain. Rometty was one of the highest-paid women CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) The Associated Press
This photo provided by Mondelez International shows Chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld. Rosenfeld was one of the highest-paid women CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (Mondelez International via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press
FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2015, file photo, Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Mayer delivers the keynote address at the first-ever Yahoo Mobile Developer's Conference, in San Francisco. Mayer was one of the highest-paid women CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) The Associated Press
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