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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTV | Fortive Corp. | James Lico | 2023 | $17,659,164 |
| ADSK | Autodesk, Inc. | Andrew Anagnost | 2023 | $17,600,752 |
| EMN | Eastman Chemical Co. | Mark Costa | 2023 | $17,597,890 |
| BG | Bunge Global SA | Gregory Heckman | 2023 | $17,587,870 |
| FANG | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | Travis D. Stice | 2023 | $17,583,386 |
| OPEN | Opendoor Technologies Inc. | Carrie Wheeler | 2023 | $17,566,265 |
| WMB | Williams Companies, Inc. | Alan Armstrong | 2023 | $17,548,802 |
| COR | Cencora | Steven H. Collis | 2023 | $17,511,240 |
| ABC | Amerisourcebergen Corp. | Steven Collis | 2023 | $17,511,240 |
| POST | Post Holdings, Inc. | Robert Vitale | 2023 | $17,359,796 |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems Inc. | Anirudh Devgan | 2023 | $17,341,862 |
| DAN | Dana Inc. | James Kamsickas | 2023 | $17,327,154 |
| BDX | Becton Dickinson & Co. | Thomas Polen | 2023 | $17,309,938 |
| AGCO | Agco Corp. | Eric Hansotia | 2023 | $17,271,266 |
| SWKS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | Liam Griffin | 2023 | $17,261,436 |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | Jason Liberty | 2023 | $17,216,276 |
| WELL | Welltower Inc. | Shankh Mitra | 2023 | $17,199,891 |
| MBI | Mbia Inc. | William Fallon | 2023 | $17,140,688 |
| CL | Colgate Palmolive Co. | Noel Wallace | 2023 | $17,121,584 |
| PRVA | Privia Health Group, Inc. | Parth Mehrotra | 2023 | $17,073,185 |
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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