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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBNK | Capital Bancorp Inc | Edward Barry | 2024 | $1,553,782 |
| DMAC | DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. | Rick Pauls | 2024 | $1,550,985 |
| AMRC | Ameresco, Inc. | George Sakellaris | 2024 | $1,548,705 |
| PHLT | Performant Healthcare Inc | Simeon Kohl | 2024 | $1,548,674 |
| AIRJ | AirJoule Technologies Corp. | Matthew Jore | 2024 | $1,547,461 |
| RELL | Richardson Electronics, Ltd. | Edward Richardson | 2024 | $1,546,052 |
| SLXN | Silexion Therapeutics Corp | Ilan Hadar | 2024 | $1,540,628 |
| NVCR | NovoCure Ltd | Asaf Danziger | 2024 | $1,539,088 |
| VLGEA | Village Super Market Inc | Robert Sumas | 2024 | $1,537,021 |
| PSNL | Personalis, Inc. | Christopher Hall | 2024 | $1,535,960 |
| SPRB | Spruce Biosciences, Inc. | Javier Szwarcberg | 2024 | $1,532,187 |
| PLX | Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. | Dror Bashan | 2024 | $1,527,792 |
| GEG | Great Elm Group, Inc. | Jason Reese | 2024 | $1,525,091 |
| MOBQ | Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. | Dean Julia | 2024 | $1,522,348 |
| SRZN | Surrozen, Inc./DE | Craig Parker | 2024 | $1,520,085 |
| EXPI | eXp World Holdings, Inc. | Glenn Sanford | 2024 | $1,516,643 |
| CGTX | Cognition Therapeutics Inc | Lisa Ricciardi | 2024 | $1,514,353 |
| AEVA | Aeva Technologies, Inc. | Soroush Salehian Dardashti | 2024 | $1,513,000 |
| BTM | Bitcoin Depot Inc. | Brandon Mintz | 2024 | $1,512,493 |
| NXTC | NextCure, Inc. | Michael Richman | 2024 | $1,510,939 |
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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