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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVCR | Novocure | Asaf Danziger | 2023 | $1,521,026 |
| ITRM | Iterum Therapeutics PLC | Corey Fishman | 2023 | $1,518,811 |
| CMRX | Chimerix Inc. | Mike Sherman | 2023 | $1,517,854 |
| CASS | Cass Information Systems Inc. | Martin Resch | 2023 | $1,517,412 |
| BSRR | Sierra Bancorp | Kevin J. McPhaill | 2023 | $1,516,515 |
| GANX | Gain Therapeutics, Inc. | Matthias Alder | 2023 | $1,514,786 |
| BLNK | Blink Charging Co. | Brendan Jones | 2023 | $1,513,341 |
| KTCC | Key Tronic Corp. | Craig Gates | 2023 | $1,513,037 |
| SDIG | Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. | Gregory Beard | 2023 | $1,508,103 |
| INNV | Innovage Holding Corp. | Patrick Blair | 2023 | $1,506,600 |
| DALN | Dallasnews Corp. | Grant Moise | 2023 | $1,498,601 |
| RMCF | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. | Bryan Merryman | 2023 | $1,497,258 |
| FLIC | First OF Long Island Corp. | Christopher Becker | 2023 | $1,497,065 |
| INTG | Intergroup Corp. | John Winfield | 2023 | $1,497,000 |
| CADL | Candel Therapeutics, Inc. | Paul Peter Tak | 2023 | $1,484,759 |
| VMEO | Vimeo, Inc. | Adam Gross | 2023 | $1,483,086 |
| HTBK | Heritage Commerce Corp. | Robertson Clay Jones | 2023 | $1,481,891 |
| EIGR | Eiger Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. | David Apelian | 2023 | $1,478,892 |
| MBWM | Mercantile Bank Corp. | Robert Kaminski | 2023 | $1,477,989 |
| GNUS | Kartoon Studios, Inc. | Andy Heyward | 2023 | $1,476,984 |
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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