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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHT | Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. | Robison Hays | 2023 | $2,413,054 |
| PRMW | Primo Water Corp. | Thomas Harrington | 2023 | $2,405,756 |
| SRG | Seritage Growth Properties | Andrea Olshan | 2023 | $2,404,615 |
| DBVT | DBV Technologies | Daniel Tassé | 2023 | $2,404,486 |
| IBOC | International Bancshares Corp. | Dennis Nixon | 2023 | $2,403,025 |
| MTRX | Matrix Service Co. | John Hewitt | 2023 | $2,401,993 |
| AMPY | Amplify Energy Corp. | Martyn Willsher | 2023 | $2,401,494 |
| HLBZ | Micromobility.com Inc. | Salvatore Palella | 2023 | $2,397,996 |
| NODK | NI Holdings, Inc. | Michael Alexander | 2023 | $2,397,889 |
| BFST | Business First Bancshares, Inc. | David Melville Jude | 2023 | $2,397,380 |
| CTV | Innovid Corp. | Zvika Netter | 2023 | $2,396,888 |
| CBTX | Stellar Bancorp, Inc. | Robert Franklin | 2023 | $2,395,804 |
| WULF | Terawulf Inc. | Paul Prager | 2023 | $2,394,178 |
| EDIT | Editas Medicine, Inc. | Gilmore O’Neill | 2023 | $2,392,309 |
| SGMO | Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. | Alexander Macrae | 2023 | $2,392,272 |
| HBIO | Harvard Bioscience Inc. | James Green | 2023 | $2,392,240 |
| RES | RPC Inc. | Ben Palmer | 2023 | $2,391,450 |
| GLYC | Glycomimetics Inc. | Harout Semerjian | 2023 | $2,389,418 |
| SPRO | Spero Therapeutics, Inc. | Ankit Mahadevia | 2023 | $2,385,905 |
| XOS | Xos, Inc. | Dakota Semler | 2023 | $2,380,865 |
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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