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 | Year | CEO Pay Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI | C3.ai, Inc. | Thomas Siebel | 2023 | $31,712,200 |
| DIS | Walt Disney Co. | Robert A. Iger | 2023 | $31,587,166 |
| ARES | Ares Management Corp. | Michael J Arougheti | 2023 | $30,576,590 |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | Lisa T. Su | 2023 | $30,348,281 |
| OKTA | Okta, Inc. | Todd McKinnon | 2024 | $30,012,225 |
| ZM | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | Eric Yuan | 2024 | $28,082,133 |
| SRE | Sempra Energy | Jeffrey Martin | 2023 | $27,421,881 |
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | Sasan Goodarzi | 2023 | $27,305,429 |
| U | Unity Software Inc. | John Riccitiello | 2023 | $27,130,731 |
| AMAT | Applied Materials Inc. | Gary Dickerson | 2023 | $26,854,544 |
| KLAC | KLA Corp. | Richard Wallace | 2023 | $26,644,359 |
| CVX | Chevron Corp. | M.K. Wirth | 2023 | $26,489,856 |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | Charles Scharf | 2023 | $25,966,198 |
| ACLX | Arcellx, Inc. | Rami Elghandour | 2023 | $24,964,306 |
| META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mark Zuckerberg | 2023 | $24,399,968 |
| UBER | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Dara Khosrowshahi | 2023 | $24,248,209 |
| EQIX | Equinix Inc. | Charles Meyers | 2023 | $23,927,452 |
| WSM | Williams Sonoma Inc. | Laura Alber | 2023 | $23,696,540 |
| ACMR | Acm Research, Inc. | David Wang | 2023 | $23,533,975 |
| QCOM | Qualcomm Inc. | Cristiano Amon | 2023 | $23,490,335 |
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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