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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POST | Post Holdings, Inc. | Robert Vitale | 2024 | $21,963,675 |
| MOH | Molina Healthcare Inc | Joseph Zubretsky | 2024 | $21,944,109 |
| MAR | Marriott International Inc | Anthony Capuano | 2024 | $21,934,093 |
| CMI | Cummins Inc | Jennifer Rumsey | 2024 | $21,857,109 |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp | Robert Goldstein | 2024 | $21,851,773 |
| DVA | DaVita Inc | Javier Rodriguez | 2024 | $21,807,489 |
| CRCT | Cricut, Inc. | Ashish Arora | 2024 | $21,699,888 |
| GLW | Corning Inc | Wendell Weeks | 2024 | $21,686,436 |
| OMC | Omnicom Group Inc | John Wren | 2024 | $21,673,595 |
| NEE | NextEra Energy Inc | John Ketchum | 2024 | $21,603,598 |
| ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co | LUCIANO Board | 2024 | $21,569,894 |
| CBRE | CBRE Group Inc | Robert Sulentic | 2024 | $21,556,187 |
| VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc | Reshma Kewalramani | 2024 | $21,538,668 |
| NDAQ | Nasdaq Inc | Adena Friedman | 2024 | $21,518,170 |
| SRE | Sempra | Jeffrey Martin | 2024 | $21,513,802 |
| TDG | TransDigm Group Inc | Kevin Stein | 2024 | $21,432,369 |
| BSX | Boston Scientific Corp | Michael Mahoney | 2024 | $21,420,801 |
| HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co | Antonio Neri | 2024 | $21,411,197 |
| ACLX | Arcellx, Inc. | Rami Elghandour | 2024 | $21,402,668 |
| SW | Smurfit WestRock PLC | Anthony Smurfit | 2024 | $21,329,257 |
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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