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 |
| AFRM | Affirm Holdings, Inc. | Max Levchin | 2021 | $451,207,726 |
| 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 |
| COTY | Coty Inc. | Sue Nabi | 2021 | $283,791,455 |
| 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 |
| MARA | Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. | Merrick Okamoto | 2021 | $220,145,938 |
| 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 |
| NOW | ServiceNow, Inc. | William McDermott | 2021 | $165,802,037 |
| SRNE | Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. | Henry Ji | 2020 | $164,350,434 |
| CRWD | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. | George Kurtz | 2022 | $147,695,746 |
| LFST | Lifestance Health Group, Inc. | Michael Lester | 2021 | $147,001,804 |
| SCU | Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. | James Levin | 2021 | $145,788,003 |
| COOK | Traeger, Inc. | Jeremy Andrus | 2021 | $138,473,423 |