How much skin do the top CEOS have in their games? For a lot of people, it's an important question, as many buy the notion that the more shares executives own the more aligned their interests are with shareholders.

I'm not sure where academic research falls on the issue, but it's fair to say that investors big and small often look at this.

So who owns the largest stake in their own bank? The biggest inside stakeholder among the top CEOs is Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein (Lloyd Blankfein news), reports the Motley Fool. He owns just over $2 million shares, or nearly 0.4 percent of the shares outstanding. That stake is worth $294 million.

Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, comes in next. He owns 5.2 million shares, or more than 0.1 percent of the total, worth $187 million. John Stumpf of Wells Fargo owns about 586,6000 shares, about 0.01 percent of the total, worth $14 million. Vikram Pandit of Citigroup owns about 2.3 million shares of his bank, nearly 0.01 percent of the total, worth $9 million.

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