Battle of the Buyout Kings: Who Took Home the Most in 2011? In the private equity world's perennial battle for the title of wealthiest magnate around, it appears that Stephen A. Schwarzman has maintained his lead for another year. Mr. Schwarzman, the Blackstone Group's chief executive, pulled in the most among his peers in 2011, according to regulatory filings filed by the four big private equity firms that are already public or intend on becoming so. How much? Mr. Schwarzman received $139.5 million in salary, carried interest and distributions from his holdings in Blackstone equity and funds. That puts him just past David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group and well ahead of Leon D. Black of Apollo Global Management and Henry R. Kravis of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Once secretly guarded, details about executive compensation at buyout firms have become much more visible as these companies have taken themselves public. And at a time of Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy and Occupy Wall Street, such payouts have become ever more scrutinized. Here's a breakdown of the take-home packages of Mr. Schwarzman and his rivals. The Blackstone chief received a salary of $350,000 and no bonus. The bulk of his compensation, $4.6 million, was in carried interest, the share of profits private equity firms reap from their deals, and other compensation. And he reaped about $134.5 million in distributions from his holdings in Blackstone ownership units, which are analogous to stock dividends. As Bloomberg News noted on Tuesday, some of Carlyle's distributions came from money borrowed by the firm's biggest outside investor, the Mubadala Development Company. Here's how the four men stack up using those categories: Mr. Schwarzman: $139.5 million Mr. Rubenstein: $137.8 million Mr. Black: $104.2 million Mr. Kravis: $93.1 million But both Blackstone's and Carlyle's filings also disclose distributions that their executives receive from personal investments in various funds run by each firm. Mr. Schwarzman received $74 million from "legacy funds" whose existence predated Blackstone's 2007 initial public offering. And Mr. Rubenstein reaped $62.5 million in distributions from co-investments in Carlyle's funds. Want a more specific breakdown? DealBook is happy to oblige - with a bonus listing of each man's ranking on the latest Forbes list of the world's wealthiest billionaires. All dollar amounts are in millions. Sources: S.E.C. filings for Blackstone, K.K.R., Apollo and Carlyle. Stephen Schwarzman Henry Kravis Leon Black David Rubenstein