Highest-Paid CEOs
Highest-Paid CEOs
In 2024, CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased 7% from the previous year—to an average of $18.9 million in total compensation. Meanwhile, the median U.S. worker made just $49,500, a 3 percent bump over the previous year.
| Ticker | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASMB | Assembly Biosciences, Inc. | Jason Okazaki | 2024 | $1,767,191 |
| QBTS | D-Wave Quantum Inc. | Alan Baratz | 2024 | $1,722,500 |
| ATRA | Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. | Pascal Touchon | 2024 | $1,722,332 |
| DBX | Dropbox, Inc. | Andrew Houston | 2024 | $1,706,505 |
| HTBK | Heritage Commerce Corp | Robertson Clay Jones | 2024 | $1,694,339 |
| AVD | American Vanguard Corp | Douglas Kaye | 2024 | $1,675,160 |
| SLP | Simulations Plus, Inc. | Shawn O’Connor | 2024 | $1,657,620 |
| AMTX | Aemetis, Inc | Eric McAfee | 2024 | $1,637,000 |
| UBX | Unity Biotechnology, Inc. | Anirvan Ghosh | 2024 | $1,620,956 |
| ARMP | Armata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Deborah Birx | 2024 | $1,584,176 |
| HNNA | Hennessy Advisors Inc | Neil Hennessy | 2024 | $1,580,791 |
| PHLT | Performant Healthcare Inc | Simeon Kohl | 2024 | $1,548,674 |
| PSNL | Personalis, Inc. | Christopher Hall | 2024 | $1,535,960 |
| SPRB | Spruce Biosciences, Inc. | Javier Szwarcberg | 2024 | $1,532,187 |
| SRZN | Surrozen, Inc./DE | Craig Parker | 2024 | $1,520,085 |
| AEVA | Aeva Technologies, Inc. | Soroush Salehian Dardashti | 2024 | $1,513,000 |
| CYN | Cyngn Inc. | Lior Tal | 2024 | $1,500,000 |
| LYEL | Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. | Lynn Seely | 2024 | $1,495,376 |
| LCID | Lucid Group, Inc. | Peter Rawlinson | 2024 | $1,490,490 |
| NRDS | Nerdwallet, Inc. | Tim Chen | 2024 | $1,487,104 |
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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