WASHINGTON: We've created a new economic aristocracy in America: CEOs. That's a fair reading of recent corporate pay surveys. A study by compensation consultant Equilar for the New York Times finds that Charif Souki of Cheniere Energy was the highest-paid CEO in 2013 at $141.9 million. Oracle's Larry Ellison clocked in at $78.4 million. But more interesting than these individual totals are typical amounts. In 2013, CEO pay for the top 200 companies averaged $20.7 million, consisting of $6.8 million in cash and the rest in stocks and options.