Keith Belknap, executive vice president and general counsel at Atlanta-based Beazer Homes, took a spot on the list for the second year, despite a decrease in overall cash compensation. He earned $894,944 from a $499,038 salary (up from $320,192 the year before) and $395,906 in nonequity incentives (down from 651,959.)

Belknap, who could not be reached, joined the homebuilder in January 2018, having most recently served as the top lawyer at Mueller Water Products Inc. for more than five years. Prior to that, he was as GC at PriMedia Inc., a digital media and real estate advertising company. He also has held senior in-house positions at PPG Industries Inc. and Georgia-Pacific.