Business

THE WEEK’S WINNERS AND LOSERS

WARREN BUFFETT

The Oracle of Omaha named richest man by Forbes magazine as he guides Berkshire Hathaway up11% in 2007.

LLOYD BLANKFEIN

Is $100M a year enough, sir? That’s what the Goldman Sachs CEO took home in total compensation in 2007.

ALEX RIGOPULOS

Harmonix CEO stands to cash in on Viacom’s move to set aside $200M for the developers of “Rock Band.”

Losers

ANGELO MOZILO

Countrywide Financial CEO, in the midst of now-imploding subprime mortgages, ignored consultants’ suggestions to cut his pay.

BARRY DILLER

Efforts by search engine Ask.com – a unit of his sprawling empire – to gain market share fail, forcing it to lay off 8% of its workforce.

PETER LYNCH

Reputation of legendary money manager sullied as SEC complaint claims he solicited concert and sports tickets in exchange for business.