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 Sort descending | Year | CEO Pay |
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NMIH | NMI Holdings, Inc. | Adam Pollitzer | 2023 | $7,931,487 |
RMR | RMR Group Inc. | Adam Portnoy | 2023 | $4,212,670 |
RBOT | Vicarious Surgical Inc. | Adam Sachs | 2023 | $3,134,667 |
LH | Laboratory Corp of America Holdings | Adam Schechter | 2023 | $15,979,355 |
TBLA | Taboola.com Ltd. | Adam Singolda | 2023 | $6,165,107 |
VRME | Verifyme, Inc. | Adam Stedham | 2023 | $1,145,819 |
CORZ | Core Scientific, Inc. | Adam Sullivan | 2023 | $890,791 |
SSP | E.W. Scripps Co | Adam Symson | 2023 | $5,314,784 |
NDAQ | Nasdaq, Inc. | Adena Friedman | 2023 | $18,498,752 |
PROG | Biora Therapeutics, Inc. | Adi Mohanty | 2023 | $3,139,017 |
FHTX | Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. | Adrian Gottschalk | 2023 | $2,503,942 |
ADAP | Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC | Adrian Rawcliffe | 2023 | $2,774,041 |
VINC | Vincerx Pharma, Inc. | Ahmed Hamdy | 2023 | $734,953 |
LICY | Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. | Ajay Kochhar | 2023 | $2,323,258 |
ANSS | Ansys Inc. | Ajei Gopal | 2023 | $24,633,791 |
WMB | Williams Companies, Inc. | Alan Armstrong | 2023 | $17,548,802 |
PBYI | Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | Alan Auerbach | 2023 | $2,944,748 |
IIPR | Innovative Industrial Properties Inc. | Alan Gold | 2023 | $7,095,389 |
VCXA | 10x Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II | Alan Kessler | 2023 | $26,664,680 |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings Inc. | Alan Lowe | 2023 | $13,905,732 |
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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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