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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMNR | Limoneira Co. | Harold Edwards | 2023 | $3,653,352 |
| FGEN | Fibrogen Inc. | Thane Wettig | 2023 | $3,640,829 |
| ANIX | Anixa Biosciences Inc. | Amit Kumar | 2023 | $3,639,651 |
| BJRI | Bjs Restaurants Inc. | Gregory Levin | 2023 | $3,578,502 |
| DSP | Viant Technology Inc. | Tim Vanderhook | 2023 | $3,569,690 |
| EXPO | Exponent Inc. | Catherine Ford Corrigan | 2023 | $3,558,964 |
| CATY | Cathay General Bancorp | Chang Liu | 2023 | $3,543,757 |
| PLMR | Palomar Holdings, Inc. | Mac Armstrong | 2023 | $3,541,369 |
| FATE | Fate Therapeutics Inc. | Scott Wolchko | 2023 | $3,522,750 |
| INPX | Inpixon | Nadir Ali | 2023 | $3,485,624 |
| GRTS | Gritstone Bio, Inc. | Andrew Allen | 2023 | $3,444,071 |
| RIGL | Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Raul Rodriguez | 2023 | $3,440,790 |
| MTTR | Matterport, Inc. | R.J. Pittman | 2023 | $3,439,475 |
| VERA | Vera Therapeutics, Inc. | Marshall Fordyce | 2023 | $3,429,733 |
| JSPR | Jasper Therapeutics, Inc. | Ronald Martell | 2023 | $3,369,990 |
| SNAP | Snap Inc. | Evan Spiegel | 2023 | $3,339,731 |
| AAT | American Assets Trust, Inc. | Ernest Rady | 2023 | $3,336,220 |
| BCAB | Bioatla, Inc. | Jay Short | 2023 | $3,301,346 |
| BEAT | Heartbeam, Inc. | Branislav Vajdic | 2023 | $3,250,743 |
| AOSL | Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. | Mike Chang | 2023 | $3,235,061 |
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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