14. Tom Richards, CDW: $5.75M

Position: Chairman, President and CEO

Stock Award: $2M

Bonus: $1.56M

Option Award: $1.29M

Salary: $888,000

Other Compensation: $12,000  

Richards joined CDW in September 2009 and became CEO in October 2011.

The fiscal year for CDW, No. 5 on the CRN SP 500, ended Dec. 31, with sales for the Lincolnshire, Ill.-based company climbing 7.6 percent to $13.98 billion and net income jumping 5.3 percent to $424.4 million. CDW's stock increased 25.8 percent over the 2016 calendar year to $52.09 per share.

Other compensation for Richards included company-paid supplementary disability premiums, as well as matching and profit-sharing contributions to his 401(k) account.