Highest-Paid CEOs
Highest-Paid CEOs
CEO pay continues to outpace the pay of working people across the country. In the past 10 years, CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased by more than $540,000 a year to an average of $18.3 million in 2021. Meanwhile, the average U.S. worker saw a wage increase of $1,303 per year over the past decade, earning on average just $58,260 in 2021.
| Ticker | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTD | The Trade Desk, Inc. | Jeff Green | 2021 | $834,959,367 |
| HOOD | Robinhood Markets, Inc. | Vladimir Tenev | 2021 | $796,124,647 |
| LCID | Lucid Group, Inc. | Peter Rawlinson | 2021 | $565,591,512 |
| RIVN | Rivian Automotive, Inc. | Robert Scaringe | 2021 | $422,140,679 |
| DNA | Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. | Jason Kelly | 2021 | $380,742,276 |
| EXPE | Expedia Group, Inc. | Peter Kern | 2021 | $296,247,749 |
| DISCA | Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. | David Zaslav | 2021 | $246,573,481 |
| RBLX | Roblox Corp. | David Baszucki | 2021 | $232,786,391 |
| MQ | Marqeta, Inc. | Jason Gardner | 2021 | $224,387,431 |
| ZETA | Zeta Global Holdings Corp. | David Steinberg | 2021 | $216,454,457 |
| AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. | Andrew Jassy | 2021 | $212,701,169 |
| BHG | Bright Health Group, Inc. | G. Mikan | 2021 | $180,813,849 |
| VLTA | Volta, Inc. | Scott Mercer | 2021 | $179,423,048 |
| INTC | Intel Corporation | Patrick Gelsinger | 2021 | $178,590,400 |
| PTON | Peloton Interactive, Inc. | Barry McCarthy | 2022 | $168,073,420 |
| NOW | ServiceNow, Inc. | William McDermott | 2021 | $165,802,037 |
| CORZ | Core Scientific, Inc. | Michael Levitt | 2021 | $160,695,727 |
| MTTR | Matterport, Inc. | R.J. Pittman | 2021 | $157,922,193 |
| BRDS | Bird Global, Inc. | Travis VanderZanden | 2021 | $155,740,116 |
| CRWD | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. | George Kurtz | 2022 | $147,695,746 |