The average pay of the UK's top company bosses rose 43% last year, research by Incomes Data Services (IDS) has shown.
The chief executives of the country's 100 largest listed companies earned an average of £2.9m in 2005-6, up sharply from £2m the previous year.
It means that the typical boss earns 86 times more than a typical employee.
The report found that Sir Martin Sorrell, head of advertising firm WPP, was the highest paid, earning £17.1m in total remuneration.
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