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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RONI | Rice Acquisition Corp. II | Ron DeGregorio | 2023 | $1,320,174 |
| SLNG | Stabilis Solutions, Inc. | Westervelt Ballard | 2023 | $1,319,920 |
| CIX | Compx International Inc. | Scott C. James | 2023 | $1,315,477 |
| MYFW | First Western Financial Inc. | Scott Wylie | 2023 | $1,308,579 |
| WTBA | West Bancorporation Inc. | David Nelson | 2023 | $1,303,388 |
| VBLT | Vascular Biogenics Ltd. | Dror Harats | 2023 | $1,302,860 |
| LIFE | ATyr Pharma Inc. | Sanjay Shukla | 2023 | $1,300,525 |
| GRWG | Growgeneration Corp. | Darren Lampert | 2023 | $1,298,148 |
| VLON | Vallon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | David Baker | 2023 | $1,297,051 |
| RH | RH | Gary Friedman | 2023 | $1,292,948 |
| CFFI | C & F Financial Corp. | Thomas Cherry | 2023 | $1,292,911 |
| AKTS | Akoustis Technologies, Inc. | Jeffrey Shealy | 2023 | $1,290,740 |
| EBTC | Enterprise Bancorp Inc. | John Clancy | 2023 | $1,286,878 |
| MBOT | Microbot Medical Inc. | Harel Gadot | 2023 | $1,284,123 |
| YMTX | Kineta, Inc. | Shawn Iadonato | 2023 | $1,283,646 |
| CHMG | Chemung Financial Corp. | Anders Tomson | 2023 | $1,283,098 |
| ECOR | Electrocore, Inc. | Daniel Goldberger | 2023 | $1,281,333 |
| BYRN | Byrna Technologies Inc. | Bryan Ganz | 2023 | $1,278,329 |
| PALI | Palisade Bio, Inc. | J.D. Finley | 2023 | $1,277,100 |
| HLF | Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. | Michael Johnson | 2023 | $1,276,565 |
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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