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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TVTX | Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | Eric Dube | 2023 | $7,574,959 |
| BIO | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | Norman Schwartz | 2023 | $7,463,878 |
| ANAB | Anaptysbio, Inc. | Daniel Faga | 2023 | $7,461,920 |
| VCKA | Scilex Holding Co | Jaisim Shah | 2023 | $7,373,977 |
| AXNX | Axonics, Inc. | Raymond W. Cohen | 2023 | $7,369,375 |
| CUTR | Cutera Inc. | Taylor Harris | 2023 | $7,279,814 |
| PFSI | Pennymac Financial Services, Inc. | David Spector | 2023 | $7,258,483 |
| VCYT | Veracyte, Inc. | Marc Stapley | 2023 | $7,184,634 |
| FROG | JFrog Ltd | Shlomi Ben Haim | 2023 | $7,165,030 |
| CALX | Calix, Inc. | Michael Weening | 2023 | $7,155,795 |
| WOOF | Petco Health & Wellness Company, Inc. | Ronald Coughlin | 2023 | $7,139,463 |
| UPST | Upstart Holdings, Inc. | Dave Girouard | 2023 | $7,115,630 |
| FAF | First American Financial Corp. | Kenneth DeGiorgio | 2023 | $7,069,357 |
| PTGX | Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. | Dinesh Patel | 2023 | $7,067,572 |
| NVST | Envista Holdings Corp. | Amir Aghdaei | 2023 | $7,059,325 |
| RWT | Redwood Trust Inc. | Christopher Abate | 2023 | $7,021,779 |
| TPST | Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. | Stephen Brady | 2023 | $7,007,407 |
| HLI | Houlihan Lokey, Inc. | Scott L. Beiser | 2023 | $7,000,000 |
| VSAT | Viasat Inc. | Mark Dankberg | 2023 | $6,996,915 |
| DAWN | Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. | Jeremy Bender | 2023 | $6,913,959 |
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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