The money trail

Richmond area businesses, associations and leaders rallied for Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell in the last month of the campaign by donating large sums of cash to the campaign.

McDonnell raised $67,400 from area businesses and associations in October and another $65,165 from executives and business owners. Read more

Highest Paid Execs in Richmond

Thirteen out of the top 40 highest paid executives of publicly traded companies are based in Richmond, according to the most recent issue of Virginia Business magazine.
The following figures are total annual compensation and only for companies with at least $1 billion in revenue:

Louis Camilleri of Altria: $24 million
Thomas Farrell, Dominion Resources: $15.1 million
Don Blankenship, Massey Energy: $9.93 million
Michael Fraizer, Genworth Financial: $9.4 million
Michael Dan, Brinks: $6.64 million
Allen King, Universal: $4.78 million
Craig Smith, Owens & Minor: $2.9 million
Theodore Chandler: LandAmerica Financial Group: $2.84 million
Thomas Folliard, CarMax: $2.44 million
Andrew Kohut, Chesapeake: $1.77 million
Alan Kirshner, Markel: $1.6 million
Thomas Gottwald: Newmarket: $1.07 million
John Gottwald, Tredegar: $736,000