Larry Ellisons compensation

The gap between America's super-wealthy and the rest of us has grown so vast it's hard to even comprehend the sums they spend on their luxuries. But if you measure, say, a $200 million luxury yacht in terms of the average U.S. family's household income, the picture comes back into focus.

Oracle' CEO saw his compensation drop 17% this year, but he's far from being in the poor house. Ellison, the sixth richest man in the world, earned a total of $70.1 million during the fiscal year.