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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKR | Baker Hughes Co | Lorenzo Simonelli | 2024 | $19,897,221 |
| MRNA | Moderna Inc | Stéphane Bancel | 2024 | $19,876,180 |
| DDOG | Datadog, Inc. | Olivier Pomel | 2024 | $19,842,554 |
| PD | PagerDuty, Inc. | Jennifer Tejada | 2024 | $19,822,501 |
| DXC | DXC Technology Co | Michael Salvino | 2024 | $19,821,384 |
| TXT | Textron Inc | Scott Donnelly | 2024 | $19,643,978 |
| QS | QuantumScape Corp | Siva Sivaram | 2024 | $19,606,478 |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange Inc | Jeffrey Sprecher | 2024 | $19,520,589 |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd | Jason Liberty | 2024 | $19,497,820 |
| CNH | CNH Industrial N.V. | Gerrit Marx | 2024 | $19,497,596 |
| GEHC | GE HealthCare Technologies Inc | Peter Arduini | 2024 | $19,487,880 |
| PARA | Paramount Global | Chris McCarthy | 2024 | $19,483,239 |
| GDDY | GoDaddy Inc | Aman Bhutani | 2024 | $19,465,233 |
| VRNA | Verona Pharma plc | David Zaccardelli Pharm.D. | 2024 | $19,456,473 |
| GAP | Gap Inc | Richard Dickson | 2024 | $19,426,846 |
| TROW | T Rowe Price Group Inc | Robert Sharps | 2024 | $19,389,829 |
| HPQ | HP Inc | Enrique Lores | 2024 | $19,360,127 |
| HIG | Hartford Insurance Group Inc | Christopher Swift | 2024 | $19,343,348 |
| USB | US Bancorp | Andrew Cecere | 2024 | $19,339,327 |
| LH | Labcorp Holdings Inc | Adam Schechter | 2024 | $19,327,354 |
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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