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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTBT | Bit Digital, Inc. | Samir Tabar | 2023 | $1,739,500 |
| CELC | Celcuity Inc. | Brian Sullivan | 2023 | $1,738,115 |
| CPF | Central Pacific Financial Corp. | Arnold Martines | 2023 | $1,737,311 |
| RDW | Redwire Corp. | Peter Cannito | 2023 | $1,734,561 |
| IXAQ | IX Acquisition Corp. | Louis Giordimaina | 2023 | $1,730,937 |
| CPNG | Coupang, Inc. | Bom Kim | 2023 | $1,730,609 |
| AUID | Authid Inc. | Rhoniel Daguro | 2023 | $1,728,869 |
| FWAC | Mobile Infrastructure Corp. | Manuel Chavez | 2023 | $1,727,518 |
| INBK | First Internet Bancorp | David Becker | 2023 | $1,727,322 |
| PSNL | Personalis, Inc. | Christopher Hall | 2023 | $1,726,790 |
| SEEL | Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. | Raj Mehra | 2023 | $1,726,476 |
| RELL | Richardson Electronics, Ltd. | Edward Richardson | 2023 | $1,725,932 |
| SOLO | Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp. | Susan Docherty | 2023 | $1,723,374 |
| LMND | Lemonade, Inc. | Daniel Schreiber | 2023 | $1,721,853 |
| THFF | First Financial Corp | Norman Lowery | 2023 | $1,720,559 |
| DMTK | Dermtech, Inc. | Bret Christensen | 2023 | $1,715,102 |
| HYLN | Hyliion Holdings Corp. | Thomas Healy | 2023 | $1,711,250 |
| GRC | Gorman Rupp Co. | Scott King | 2023 | $1,707,848 |
| CLNN | Clene Inc. | Robert Etherington | 2023 | $1,706,605 |
| BE | Bloom Energy Corp. | KR Sridhar | 2023 | $1,704,008 |
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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