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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Greenpower Motor Co Inc. | Fraser Atkinson | 2023 | $300,750 |
| ACON | Aclarion, Inc. | Brent Ness | 2023 | $300,000 |
| AMPL | Amplitude, Inc. | Spenser Skates | 2023 | $300,000 |
| GROM | Grom Social Enterprises, Inc. | Darren Marks | 2023 | $300,000 |
| KRT | Karat Packaging Inc. | Alan Yu | 2023 | $300,000 |
| LUCD | Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | Lishan Aklog | 2023 | $300,000 |
| RDFN | Redfin Corp. | Glenn Kelman | 2023 | $300,000 |
| ABNB | Airbnb, Inc. | Brian Chesky | 2023 | $295,125 |
| MRAI | Marpai, Inc. | Edmundo Gonzalez | 2023 | $292,229 |
| BJDX | Bluejay Diagnostics, Inc. | Neil Dey | 2023 | $292,154 |
| LEXX | Lexaria Bioscience Corp. | Christopher Bunka | 2023 | $291,193 |
| RELY | Remitly Global, Inc. | Matthew Oppenheimer | 2023 | $291,149 |
| CYAN | Cyanotech Corp. | Matthew Custer | 2023 | $290,563 |
| VTAQ | Presto Automation Inc. | Krishna Gupta | 2023 | $289,900 |
| CTIB | Yunhong Green Cti Ltd. | Frank Cesario | 2023 | $289,400 |
| EDUC | Educational Development Corp. | Craig White | 2023 | $284,000 |
| NEON | Neonode Inc. | Urban Forssell | 2023 | $283,920 |
| NICK | Nicholas Financial Inc. | Michael Rost | 2023 | $282,991 |
| CPSH | CPS Technologies Corp. | Michael McCormack | 2023 | $282,836 |
| DYNT | Dynatronics Corp. | Brian Baker | 2023 | $282,279 |
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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