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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTZ | Hertz Global Holdings, Inc | Wayne West | 2024 | $35,180,881 |
| FLG | Flagstar Financial, Inc. | Joseph Otting | 2024 | $34,817,072 |
| UAL | United Airlines Holdings Inc | Scott Kirby | 2024 | $33,924,988 |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corp | Brian Roberts | 2024 | $33,861,622 |
| CRSP | CRISPR Therapeutics AG | Samarth Kulkarni | 2024 | $33,175,626 |
| LYV | Live Nation Entertainment Inc | Michael Rapino | 2024 | $32,960,737 |
| ANSS | ANSYS Inc | Ajei Gopal | 2024 | $32,810,655 |
| TPG | TPG Inc. | Jon Winkelried | 2024 | $32,754,716 |
| CVX | Chevron Corp | M.K. Wirth | 2024 | $32,716,940 |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology, Inc. | Matthew Murphy | 2024 | $32,160,142 |
| ACGL | Arch Capital Group Ltd | Nicolas Papadopoulo | 2024 | $31,758,573 |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | David Solomon | 2024 | $31,290,110 |
| RPRX | Royalty Pharma plc | Pablo Legorreta | 2024 | $31,190,909 |
| ON | ON Semiconductor Corp | Hassane El-Khoury | 2024 | $31,131,178 |
| C | Citigroup Inc | Jane Fraser | 2024 | $31,127,500 |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | Lisa Su | 2024 | $30,996,392 |
| MSI | Motorola Solutions Inc | Gregory Brown | 2024 | $30,853,387 |
| COF | Capital One Financial Corp | Richard Fairbank | 2024 | $30,829,070 |
| BLK | Blackrock Inc | Laurence Fink | 2024 | $30,768,546 |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | Marc Casper | 2024 | $30,449,599 |
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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