Severin Schwan is CEO of Roche , the company that was founded in 1896 . Roche currently employs 78,604 people and in 2016 , the company made $ 50.11bn . Schwan joined the company in 1993 as a trainee in the corporate finance office , and became CEO in 2006 . Last year he took home $ 13.42mn .

John Milligan is CEO of Gilead Sciences , a California-based company which was founded in 1987 and currently employs 9,000 people . The company made $ 30.39bn in 2016 . Milligan joined Gilead in 1990 . Previously , he had worked in many different positions in the biotechnology industry . In 2000 , he became President of Corporate Development before being made CEO in 2016 . Last year Milligan took home $ 13.9mn . 29