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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORD | Forward Industries, Inc. | Paul Severino | 2024 | $321,692 |
| DASH | DoorDash Inc | Tony Xu | 2024 | $318,518 |
| BNZI | Banzai International, Inc. | Joseph Davy | 2024 | $318,216 |
| CPHI | China Pharma Holdings, Inc. | Zhilin Li | 2024 | $316,000 |
| NDRA | ENDRA Life Sciences Inc. | Francois Michelon | 2024 | $314,650 |
| GENK | GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. | David Kim | 2024 | $313,375 |
| VRME | VerifyMe, Inc. | Adam Stedham | 2024 | $312,094 |
| SKYX | SKYX Platforms Corp. | Leonard Sokolow | 2024 | $306,909 |
| OMCC | Old Market Capital Corp | Michael Rost | 2024 | $306,870 |
| FSP | Franklin Street Properties Corp | George Carter | 2024 | $306,000 |
| ONCO | Onconetix, Inc. | Ralph Schiess | 2024 | $305,176 |
| CASK | Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc. | Justin Stiefel | 2024 | $304,327 |
| MSN | Emerson Radio Corp | Christopher Ho | 2024 | $304,000 |
| PKE | Park Aerospace Corp | Brian Shore | 2024 | $303,255 |
| CAAS | China Automotive Systems Inc | Qizhou Wu | 2024 | $303,000 |
| THM | International Tower Hill Mines Ltd | Karl Hanneman | 2024 | $302,793 |
| AIMD | Ainos, Inc. | Chun-Hsien Tsai | 2024 | $301,522 |
| WORX | SCWorx Corp. | Timothy Hannibal | 2024 | $301,200 |
| GNLN | Greenlane Holdings, Inc. | Barbara Sher | 2024 | $300,198 |
| WNW | Meiwu Technology Co Ltd | Xinliang Zhang | 2024 | $300,000 |
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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