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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS | Otis Worldwide Corp | Judy Marks | 2024 | $42,102,257 |
| DIS | Walt Disney Co/The | Robert Iger | 2024 | $41,114,015 |
| WBTN | WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. | Junkoo Kim | 2024 | $41,095,031 |
| SOLV | Solventum Corp | Bryan Hanson | 2024 | $39,959,767 |
| PCVX | Vaxcyte, Inc. | Grant Pickering | 2024 | $39,639,512 |
| UBER | Uber Technologies Inc | Dara Khosrowshahi | 2024 | $39,408,629 |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | Charles Robbins | 2024 | $39,202,654 |
| GTLB | Gitlab Inc. | Sytse Sijbrandij | 2025 | $39,082,244 |
| CNNE | Cannae Holdings, Inc. | William Foley II | 2024 | $38,054,762 |
| MAT | Mattel Inc | Ynon Kreiz | 2024 | $37,802,591 |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co | James Dimon | 2024 | $37,683,462 |
| NOW | ServiceNow Inc | William McDermott | 2024 | $37,558,118 |
| CSGP | CoStar Group Inc | Andrew Florance | 2024 | $37,393,960 |
| AXP | American Express Co | S.J. Squeri | 2024 | $37,164,405 |
| SIRI | Sirius Xm Holdings Inc. | Jennifer Witz | 2024 | $37,084,318 |
| EQIX | Equinix Inc | Adaire Fox-Martin | 2024 | $36,601,248 |
| INTU | Intuit Inc | Sasan Goodarzi | 2024 | $36,572,360 |
| NXST | Nexstar Media Group, Inc. | Perry Sook | 2024 | $35,873,916 |
| FICO | Fair Isaac Corp | William Lansing | 2024 | $35,321,363 |
| CRWD | Crowdstrike Holdings Inc | George Kurtz | 2024 | $35,195,300 |
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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