GM's Barra, Lockheed's Hewson among highest paid female CEOs

Here are the 10 highest-paid female CEOs for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.

The AP's compensation study covered 340 executives at S&P 500 companies who have served at least two full consecutive fiscal years at their respective companies, which filed proxy statements between Jan. 1 and April 30. Some companies with highly paid CEOs do not fit these criteria.

Compensation often includes stock and option grants that the CEO may not receive for years unless certain performance measures are met. For some companies, big raises occur when CEOs get a stock grant in one year as part of a multi-year grant.

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2019, file photo Chairwoman and CEO of General Motors Mary Barra is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. At $21.9 million, Barra was the highest-paid female CEO for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP PhotoRichard Drew, File)

1. Mary Barra

General Motors

$21.9 million

Change from last year: 0%

Her pay vs typical company worker: 281 times, down from 295

2. Marillyn Hewson

Lockheed Martin

$21.5 million

Change: Up 7%

Her pay vs typical company worker: 191 times, up from 186

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2017, file photo Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson talks to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. At $21.5 million, Hewson was the second highest-paid female CEO for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP PhotoEvan Vucci, File)

3. Phebe Novakovic

General Dynamics

$20.7 million

Change: Down 2%

Her pay vs typical company worker: 240 times, up from 218

4. Virginia Rometty

IBM

$17.6 million

Change: Down 3%

Her pay vs typical company worker: 319 times, down from 341

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House in Washington. At $20.7 million, Novakovic was the third highest-paid female CEO for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP PhotoEvan Vucci, File)

5. Adena Friedman

Nasdaq

$14.4 million

Change: 0%

Her pay vs typical company worker: 129 times, down from 132

6. Mary Dillon

Ulta Beauty

$14.2 million

Change: Up 90%

Her pay vs typical company worker: 556 times, up from 275

FILE - In this May 23, 2018, file photo IBM's President and CEO Virginia Rometty leaves after her meeting with France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. At $17.6 million, Rometty was the fourth highest-paid female CEO for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP PhotoFrancois Mori, File)

7. Susan Griffith

Progressive

$14.2 million

Change: Up 53%

Her pay vs typical company worker: 225 times, up from 136

8. Vicki Hollub

Occidental Petroleum

$14.1 million

Change: Up 11%

Her pay vs typical company worker: 114 times, up from 110

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman is photographed at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York. At $14.4 million, Friedman was the fifth highest-paid female CEO for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP PhotoRichard Drew, File)

9. Lynn Good

Duke Energy

$13.8 million

Change: Down 35%

Her pay vs typical company worker: 119 times, down from 175

10. Lisa Su

Advanced Micro Devices

$13.4 million

Change: Up 23%

Her pay vs typical company worker: 165 times, up from 121

This undated photo provided by Ulta Beauty Inc. shows CEO Mary Dillon. At $14.2 million, Dillon. was the sixth highest-paid female CEO for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (Ulta Beauty Inc. via AP)

In this undated image provided by Progressive Corporation CEO Tricia Griffith poses for a photo. At $14.2 million, Griffith was the seventh highest-paid female CEO for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (Progressive Corporation via AP)

FILE - In this undated, file photo provided by Occidental Petroleum Corp., Occidental President and CEO Vicki Hollub poses for a photo. At $14.1 million, Hollub was the eighth highest-paid female CEO for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (Occidental Petroleum Corp. via AP, File)

FILE - In this March 6, 2014, file photo, Duke Energy President and CEO Lynn Good discusses the stability of the power grid with environmental regulations during a media availability at the IHS CERAWeek energy conference in Houston. At $13.8 million, Good was the ninth highest-paid female CEO for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP PhotoPat Sullivan, File)

FILE - In this May 1, 2019, file photo Lisa Su, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, attends the opening bell at Nasdaq in New York. At $13.4 million, Su was the tenth highest-paid female CEO for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (AP PhotoMark Lennihan, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn’t order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February, according to an official familiar with the determination.

While U.S. officials believe Putin was ultimately responsible for the death of Navalny, who endured brutal conditions during his confinement, the intelligence community has found “no smoking gun” that Putin was aware of the timing of Navalny's death — which came soon before the Russian president's reelection — or directly ordered it, according to the official.

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.

Soon after Navalny’s death, U.S. President Joe Biden said Putin was ultimately responsible but did not accuse the Russian president of directly ordering it.

At the time, Biden said the U.S. did not know exactly what had happened to Navalny but that “there is no doubt” that his death “was the consequence of something that Putin and his thugs did.”

Navalny, 47, Russia’s best-known opposition politician and Putin’s most persistent foe, died Feb. 16 in a remote penal colony above the Arctic Circle while serving a 19-year sentence on extremism charges that he rejected as politically motivated.

He had been behind bars since January 2021 after returning to Russia from Germany, where he had been recovering from nerve-agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.

Russian officials have said only that Navalny died of natural causes and have vehemently denied involvement both in the poisoning and in his death.

In March, a month after Navalny’s death, Putin won a landslide reelection for a fifth term, an outcome that was never in doubt.

The Wall Street Journal first reported about the U.S. intelligence determination.

FILE - Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking during his interview to the Associated Press in Moscow, Russia on Dec. 18, 2017. U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn't order the death of Navalny, the imprisoned opposition leader, in February of 2024. An official says the U.S. intelligence community has found "no smoking gun" that Putin was aware of the timing of Navalny's death or directly ordered it. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)