6. John J. Legere
Annual earnings: $66,538,206
Slightly edging out Robert Iger in the 10 highest paid CEOs in the world in 2019 is John J. Legere, CEO of T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS). As is a common theme across this article, these men are running companies which are by far on the top of their field, with T-Mobile being the third largest wireless network carrier in the United States.