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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTBX | Scorpius Holdings, Inc. | Jeffrey Wolf | 2023 | $575,000 |
| CRWS | Crown Crafts Inc. | Olivia Elliott | 2023 | $574,115 |
| PBLA | Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. | Jennifer Simpson | 2023 | $571,911 |
| VBFC | Village Bank & Trust Financial Corp. | James Hendricks | 2023 | $570,384 |
| RPHM | Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Gregory Flesher | 2023 | $569,704 |
| JCS | Pineapple Energy Inc. | Kyle Udseth | 2023 | $569,114 |
| LSBK | Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. | Kim Liddell | 2023 | $568,257 |
| VIRI | Virios Therapeutics, Inc. | Greg Duncan | 2023 | $566,923 |
| SABS | SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc. | Samuel Reich | 2023 | $565,798 |
| XBIO | Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. | Jeffrey Eisenberg | 2023 | $563,494 |
| DAKT | Daktronics Inc | Reece Kurtenbach | 2023 | $563,183 |
| PBHC | Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. | James Dowd | 2023 | $562,054 |
| TZOO | Travelzoo | Holger Bartel | 2023 | $561,250 |
| SNOA | Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Amy Trombly | 2023 | $559,939 |
| CPTN | Cepton, Inc. | Jun Pei | 2023 | $558,273 |
| CUEN | Cuentas Inc. | Arik Maimon | 2023 | $557,265 |
| GBNH | Greenbrook Tms Inc. | Bill Leonard | 2023 | $556,094 |
| DSS | DSS, Inc. | Frank Heuszel | 2023 | $555,973 |
| LPTH | Lightpath Technologies Inc. | Shmuel Rubin | 2023 | $553,722 |
| LVO | Liveone, Inc. | Robert Ellin | 2023 | $552,360 |
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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