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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAFC | Hanmi Financial Corp. | Bonita Lee | 2023 | $2,073,765 |
| LBPH | Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Kevin Lind | 2023 | $2,053,804 |
| CLPT | Clearpoint Neuro, Inc. | Joseph Burnett | 2023 | $1,995,337 |
| CLNE | Clean Energy Fuels Corp. | Andrew Littlefair | 2023 | $1,977,858 |
| XPOF | Xponential Fitness, Inc. | Anthony Geisler | 2023 | $1,967,613 |
| ZVIA | Zevia Pbc | Amy Taylor | 2023 | $1,964,087 |
| SLP | Simulations Plus, Inc. | Shawn O’Connor | 2023 | $1,942,005 |
| LAB | Standard Biotools Inc. | Michael Egholm | 2023 | $1,931,088 |
| MEG | Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. | Vijay Manthripragada | 2023 | $1,921,657 |
| NTGR | Netgear, Inc. | Patrick C.S. Lo | 2023 | $1,913,615 |
| GRPH | Graphite Bio, Inc. | Josh Lehrer | 2023 | $1,903,477 |
| CURV | Torrid Holdings Inc. | Lisa Harper | 2023 | $1,880,139 |
| HLTH | Cue Health Inc. | Ayub Khattak | 2023 | $1,871,269 |
| NVNO | Envveno Medical Corp. | Robert Berman | 2023 | $1,870,884 |
| VXRT | Vaxart, Inc. | Andrei Floroiu | 2023 | $1,866,844 |
| BASE | Couchbase, Inc. | Matthew Cain | 2023 | $1,819,000 |
| INGN | Inogen Inc. | Kevin R.M. Smith | 2023 | $1,796,248 |
| ERII | Energy Recovery, Inc. | Robert Yu Lang Mao | 2023 | $1,793,471 |
| KRON | Kronos Bio, Inc. | Norbert Bischofberger | 2023 | $1,761,537 |
| AMTX | Aemetis, Inc. | Eric McAfee | 2023 | $1,760,000 |
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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