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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPRB | Spruce Biosciences, Inc. | Javier Szwarcberg | 2023 | $2,157,418 |
| HFFG | HF Foods Group Inc. | Xiao Mou Zhang | 2023 | $2,151,800 |
| JOUT | Johnson Outdoors Inc. | Helen Johnson-Leipold | 2023 | $2,147,751 |
| IIIN | Insteel Industries Inc. | Woltz | 2023 | $2,146,512 |
| CPRX | Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Patrick McEnany | 2023 | $2,146,499 |
| ANVS | Annovis Bio, Inc. | Maria Maccecchini | 2023 | $2,145,852 |
| AMRN | Amarin Corp | Patrick Holt | 2023 | $2,144,020 |
| MNMD | Mind Medicine (Mindmed) Inc. | Robert Barrow | 2023 | $2,143,133 |
| SFBS | Servisfirst Bancshares, Inc. | Thomas Broughton | 2023 | $2,139,984 |
| KRO | Kronos Worldwide Inc. | James M. Buch | 2023 | $2,138,000 |
| RBLX | Roblox Corp. | David Baszucki | 2023 | $2,136,740 |
| OVID | Ovid Therapeutics Inc. | Jeremy Levin | 2023 | $2,136,546 |
| SBSI | Southside Bancshares Inc. | Lee Gibson | 2023 | $2,134,717 |
| CAMP | Calamp Corp. | Jeffery Gardner | 2023 | $2,134,672 |
| GWH | ESS Tech, Inc. | Eric Dresselhuys | 2023 | $2,129,043 |
| MRAM | Everspin Technologies Inc. | Sanjeev Aggarwal | 2023 | $2,121,773 |
| MKTW | Marketwise, Inc. | Amber Mason | 2023 | $2,121,656 |
| PRAX | Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. | Marcio Souza | 2023 | $2,120,512 |
| DLHC | DLH Holdings Corp. | Zachary Parker | 2023 | $2,116,876 |
| ASXC | Asensus Surgical, Inc. | Anthony Fernando | 2023 | $2,106,498 |
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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