6. Michael Kaiser, President, JFK Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. - $1.348 million
President of the Kennedy Center since 2001, Kaiser also founded the DeVos Insitute of Arts Management that year at the center, which provides training for arts administrators. Prior to coming to the center, he worked as the executive director of the Royal Opera House, and in the corporate sector before that, advising clients such as GM and IBM. In 2010, he made $1,347,914 in a combination of salary, bonuses and deferred compensation, as well as $28,986 in benefits.
