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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMIC | Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. | Andrew Spaventa | 2023 | $1,567,091 |
| SYBT | Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. | James Hillebrand | 2023 | $1,560,517 |
| AKTX | Akari Therapeutics PLC | Rachelle Jacques | 2023 | $1,560,141 |
| MNRO | Monro, Inc. | Michael Broderick | 2023 | $1,559,720 |
| CDTX | Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. | Jeffrey Stein | 2023 | $1,558,544 |
| WSBF | Waterstone Financial, Inc. | Douglas S. Gordon | 2023 | $1,556,285 |
| EML | Eastern Co. | Mark Hernandez | 2023 | $1,550,587 |
| CRDF | Cardiff Oncology, Inc. | Mark Erlander | 2023 | $1,547,772 |
| ADVM | Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. | Laurent Fischer | 2023 | $1,546,477 |
| RSVR | Reservoir Media, Inc. | Golnar Khosrowshahi | 2023 | $1,546,070 |
| PKBK | Parke Bancorp, Inc. | Vito Pantilione | 2023 | $1,545,341 |
| DBX | Dropbox, Inc. | Andrew Houston | 2023 | $1,539,577 |
| CLSD | Clearside Biomedical, Inc. | George Lasezkay | 2023 | $1,538,627 |
| EAF | Graftech International Ltd | Timothy Flanagan | 2023 | $1,535,021 |
| BELFA | Bel Fuse Inc. | Daniel Bernstein | 2023 | $1,529,476 |
| AAME | Atlantic American Corp. | Hilton Howell | 2023 | $1,529,391 |
| GTBP | GT Biopharma, Inc. | Michael Breen | 2023 | $1,525,834 |
| TSHA | Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. | Sean Nolan | 2023 | $1,522,515 |
| HSON | Hudson Global, Inc. | Jacob Jake Zabkowicz | 2023 | $1,522,361 |
| CAC | Camden National Corp. | Gregory Dufour | 2023 | $1,522,312 |
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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