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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWN | Cowen, Inc. | Jeffrey Solomon | 2021 | $28,559,540 |
| ALKT | Alkami Technology, Inc. | Alex Shootman | 2021 | $28,204,611 |
| V | Visa Inc. | Alfred Kelly Jr. | 2022 | $28,103,602 |
| UPS | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Carol Tome | 2021 | $27,620,893 |
| YUM | Yum! Brands, Inc. | David Gibbs | 2021 | $27,578,659 |
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | Sasan Goodarzi | 2022 | $27,174,857 |
| ELY | Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. | Oliver Brewer | 2021 | $27,135,201 |
| AI | C3.ai, Inc. | Thomas Siebel | 2022 | $26,865,979 |
| META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mark Zuckerberg | 2021 | $26,823,061 |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Alex Gorsky | 2022 | $26,741,959 |
| SKIN | The Beauty Health Company | Clinton Carnell Jr. | 2021 | $26,526,940 |
| KD | Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. | Martin Schroeter | 2021 | $26,377,162 |
| DBD | Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. | Gerrard Schmid | 2021 | $26,169,529 |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | Darius Adamczyk | 2021 | $26,100,120 |
| WMT | Walmart Inc. | C. McMillon | 2022 | $25,670,673 |
| BBIO | BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. | Neil Kumar | 2021 | $25,626,959 |
| AXP | American Express Company | Stephen Squeri | 2021 | $25,513,922 |
| PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | Ramon Laguarta | 2021 | $25,506,607 |
| EL | The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. | Fabrizio Freda | 2022 | $25,480,056 |
| PACW | PacWest Bancorp | Matthew Wagner | 2021 | $25,435,791 |