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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOMA | Doma Holdings, Inc. | Max Simkoff | 2023 | $1,655,932 |
| SURG | Surgepays, Inc. | Kevin Brian Cox | 2023 | $1,653,624 |
| AEHR | Aehr Test Systems | Gayn Erickson | 2023 | $1,652,788 |
| SVFC | Symbotic Inc. | Michael Loparco | 2023 | $1,649,999 |
| MEDP | Medpace Holdings, Inc. | August Troendle | 2023 | $1,646,031 |
| IOBT | IO Biotech, Inc. | Mai-Britt Zocca | 2023 | $1,645,088 |
| CKPT | Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. | James Oliviero | 2023 | $1,641,591 |
| MMLP | Martin Midstream Partners L.p. | Robert Bondurant | 2023 | $1,640,925 |
| TACT | Transact Technologies Inc. | Bart Shuldman | 2023 | $1,636,362 |
| AGBA | Agba Group Holding Ltd. | NG Wing Fai | 2023 | $1,635,628 |
| HSDT | Helius Medical Technologies, Inc. | Dane Andreeff | 2023 | $1,635,226 |
| OBT | Orange County Bancorp, Inc. | Michael Gilfeather | 2023 | $1,633,893 |
| MSBI | Midland States Bancorp, Inc. | Jeffrey Ludwig | 2023 | $1,633,785 |
| UVSP | Univest Financial Corp. | Jeffrey Schweitzer | 2023 | $1,630,222 |
| COLM | Columbia Sportswear Co. | Timothy Boyle | 2023 | $1,623,464 |
| ONCT | Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. | James Breitmeyer | 2023 | $1,623,074 |
| RBCAA | Republic Bancorp Inc | Logan Pichel | 2023 | $1,623,064 |
| OLB | OLB Group, Inc. | Ronny Yakov | 2023 | $1,621,999 |
| VERY | Vericity, Inc. | James Hohmann | 2023 | $1,620,029 |
| WINA | Winmark Corp. | Brett Heffes | 2023 | $1,618,639 |
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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