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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTSS | Datasea Inc. | Zhixin Liu | 2023 | $43,219 |
| AXON | Axon Enterprise | Patrick W. Smith | 2023 | $40,058 |
| SYNL | Ascent Industries Co. | Christopher Hutter | 2023 | $35,568 |
| ITP | IT Tech Packaging, Inc. | Zhenyong Liu | 2023 | $34,016 |
| BAMR | Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. | Sachin Shah | 2023 | $31,837 |
| IMCC | IM Cannabis Corp. | Eyal Fisher | 2023 | $30,895 |
| JCTCF | Jewett Cameron Trading CO Ltd | Chad Summers | 2023 | $20,500 |
| GH | Guardant Health, Inc. | Helmy Eltoukhy | 2023 | $11,591 |
| CWH | Camping World Holdings, Inc. | Marcus Lemonis | 2023 | $11,241 |
| AOMR | Angel Oak Mortgage Reit, Inc. | Sreeniwas Prabhu | 2023 | $10,105 |
| ICLR | Icon PLC | Steve Cutler | 2023 | $7,244 |
| CDEV | Permian Resources Corp. | James Walter | 2023 | $4,297 |
| GTLB | Gitlab Inc. | Sytse Sijbrandij | 2024 | $3,600 |
| IGC | India Globalization Capital, Inc. | Ram Mukunda | 2023 | $1,006 |
| ENTX | Entera Bio Ltd. | Miranda Toledano | 2023 | $950 |
| FF | Futurefuel Corp. | Tom McKinlay | 2023 | $699 |
| CXDO | Crexendo, Inc. | Jeff Korn | 2023 | $509 |
| ARLP | Alliance Resource Partners LP | Joseph W. Craft III | 2023 | $1 |
| CNNE | Cannae Holdings, Inc. | Richard N. Massey | 2023 | $1 |
| NRDY | Nerdy Inc. | Charles Cohn | 2023 | $1 |
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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