Apple’s retail boss Angela Ahrendts was the highest-paid female executive in America last year, earning $82.6m, according to a pay survey by Bloomberg.

Ahrendts’ pay was boosted by a massive signing-on bonus when she joined Apple from luxury British fashion house Burberry in May 2014.

The second-highest earning US woman was Oracle’s Safra Catz, who was awarded $71.2m in her role as chief financial officer. She has subsequently been promoted to co-CEO of the company after Larry Ellison stood down.

Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Meyer, was the third highest earning woman collecting $59m.