The head of the European Central Bank - the biggest salary

President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet became the highest among the heads of the world's major central banks in 2010. About it reports Bloomberg. Over the past year, Trichet has received a salary of 367.86 thousand euros ($ 513.10 thousand), which is 2% higher than in 2009. Trichet salary last year was higher compared with earnings of president of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) Chairman Ben Bernanke, who earned $ 199,7 thousand Trichet also got a year more than the head of the Bank of England Mervyn King (305.37 thousand pounds sterling, or $ 497 , 08 th) and head of the Bank of Japan Masaaki Shirakawa (34.4 million yen, or $ 420.28 million). Recall that in October 2011, Jean-Claude Trichet, the ECB will leave the post. The most likely candidate for this position is the head of the banking regulator Italy Mario Draghi. According to "The Case", the chief banker of the United States and the world, Ben Bernanke and his family owned financial assets of $ 1.15 million to $ 2.48 million in 2009 - far more than in 2008 (from $ 852 thousand to $ 1, 9 million). Source: Case