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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW | Smurfit WestRock PLC | Anthony Smurfit | 2024 | $21,329,257 |
| FANG | Diamondback Energy Inc | Travis Stice | 2024 | $21,324,079 |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corp | Lynn Good | 2024 | $21,281,982 |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services Inc | Stephanie Ferris | 2024 | $21,243,485 |
| MMM | 3M Co | William Brown | 2024 | $21,191,031 |
| KIND | Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. | Nirav Tolia | 2024 | $21,177,204 |
| RITM | Rithm Capital Corp. | Michael Nierenberg | 2024 | $21,069,074 |
| NPWR | NET Power Inc. | Daniel Joseph Rice | 2024 | $20,995,052 |
| WAB | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp | Rafael Santana | 2024 | $20,974,319 |
| ALLY | Ally Financial Inc. | Michael Rhodes | 2024 | $20,940,509 |
| KSS | KOHLS Corp | Ashley Buchanan | 2024 | $20,907,736 |
| LHX | L3Harris Technologies Inc | Christopher Kubasik | 2024 | $20,839,223 |
| SEAT | Vivid Seats Inc. | Stanley Chia | 2024 | $20,780,794 |
| IP | International Paper Co | Andrew Silvernail | 2024 | $20,732,570 |
| NXT | Nextracker Inc. | Daniel Shugar | 2024 | $20,725,590 |
| LIN | Linde PLC | Sanjiv Lamba | 2024 | $20,696,088 |
| NXPI | NXP Semiconductors NV | Kurt Sievers | 2024 | $20,694,772 |
| DYN | Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. | John Cox | 2024 | $20,688,724 |
| SLG | Sl Green Realty Corp | Marc Holliday | 2024 | $20,685,756 |
| OSIS | Osi Systems Inc | Deepak Chopra | 2024 | $20,683,518 |
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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