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 $5 million to an average of $16.7 million in 2022. Meanwhile, the average U.S. worker saw a wage increase of $15,460 over the past decade, earning on average just $61,900 in 2022.
| Ticker | Company Sort ascending | CEO | Year | CEO Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTR | Ventas, Inc. | Debra Cafaro | 2022 | $14,059,092 |
| VEL | Velocity Financial, Inc. | Christopher Farrar | 2022 | $3,016,539 |
| VLD | Velo3d, Inc. | Benny Buller | 2022 | $2,732,918 |
| VEEV | Veeva Systems Inc. | Peter Gassner | 2022 | $391,667 |
| VECO | Veeco Instruments Inc. | William Miller | 2022 | $5,914,884 |
| VGR | Vector Group Ltd | Howard Lorber | 2022 | $10,950,867 |
| VBIV | Vbi Vaccines Inc/bc | Jeffrey Baxter | 2022 | $1,830,436 |
| PCVX | Vaxcyte, Inc. | Grant Pickering | 2022 | $13,661,941 |
| VXRT | Vaxart, Inc. | Andrei Floroiu | 2022 | $3,589,392 |
| VRNS | Varonis Systems Inc. | Yakov Faitelson | 2022 | $9,618,354 |
| VREX | Varex Imaging Corp. | Sunny Sanyal | 2022 | $4,479,188 |
| VAPO | Vapotherm Inc. | Joseph Army | 2022 | $3,874,994 |
| VNDA | Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Mihael Polymeropoulos | 2022 | $4,269,410 |
| VVV | Valvoline Inc. | Samuel Mitchell | 2022 | $5,294,758 |
| VALU | Value Line Inc. | Howard Brecher | 2022 | $787,200 |
| VMI | Valmont Industries Inc. | Stephen Kaniewski | 2022 | $8,674,260 |
| VLON | Vallon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | David Baker | 2022 | $923,764 |
| VLY | Valley National Bancorp | Ira Robbins | 2022 | $6,010,335 |
| VHI | Valhi Inc. | Michael Simmons | 2022 | $8,977,000 |
| VLO | Valero Energy Corp. | Joseph Gorder | 2022 | $20,145,093 |