Highest-Paid CEOs
Highest-Paid CEOs
CEO pay continues to outpace the pay of working people across the country. In the past 10 years, typical CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased by more than $4 million, to an average of $17.7 million in 2023. Meanwhile, the average U.S. worker saw a wage increase of $18,240 over the past decade, earning on average just $65,470 in 2023.
| Ticker | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDZN | Roadzen Inc. | Rohan Malhotra | 2024 | $60,936,011 |
| KLC | KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. | Tom Wyatt | 2024 | $58,971,059 |
| PANW | Palo Alto Networks Inc | Nikesh Arora | 2024 | $58,036,875 |
| MDC | M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. | Larry Mizel | 2024 | $55,658,503 |
| CRM | Salesforce Inc | Marc Benioff | 2025 | $55,074,656 |
| ADBE | Adobe Inc | Shantanu Narayen | 2024 | $52,390,182 |
| U | Unity Software Inc. | Matthew Bromberg | 2024 | $52,147,152 |
| WBD | Warner Bros Discovery Inc | David Zaslav | 2024 | $51,918,563 |
| SLNO | Soleno Therapeutics Inc | Anish Bhatnagar | 2024 | $51,160,430 |
| NTNX | Nutanix, Inc. | Rajiv Ramaswami | 2024 | $51,143,711 |
| ALAB | Astera Labs, Inc. | Jitendra Mohan | 2024 | $50,926,550 |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | Jen-Hsun Huang | 2025 | $49,866,251 |
| CART | Maplebear Inc. | Fidji Simo | 2024 | $47,755,111 |
| DJT | Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. | Devin Nunes | 2024 | $46,883,031 |
| LBTYA | Liberty Global Ltd. | Michael Fries | 2024 | $45,693,754 |
| BE | Bloom Energy Corp | KR Sridhar | 2024 | $44,961,745 |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings Inc | Glenn Fogel | 2024 | $44,837,665 |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp | D.W. Woods | 2024 | $44,052,537 |
| MARA | MARA Holdings, Inc. | Fred Thiel | 2024 | $43,244,809 |
| CXM | Sprinklr, Inc. | Trac Pham | 2025 | $42,481,494 |
NOTE: For companies with more than one CEO during the year, the highest-paid CEO is included in the database. Pay ratio between CEO pay and median employee pay are displayed as disclosed by each company’s proxy statement. The CEO pay ratio may not equal the displayed CEO’s total compensation due to differing company methodologies in calculating pay ratios.
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