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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQFT | Presidio Property Trust, Inc. | Jack Heilbron | 2023 | $698,221 |
| SONM | Sonim Technologies Inc. | Peter Hao Liu | 2023 | $677,226 |
| FLUX | Flux Power Holdings, Inc. | Ronald Dutt | 2023 | $667,777 |
| GNSS | Genasys Inc. | Richard Danforth | 2023 | $667,491 |
| MRIN | Marin Software Inc. | Christopher Lien | 2023 | $661,093 |
| ATNF | 180 Life Sciences Corp. | James Woody | 2023 | $656,800 |
| PAIC | Revelation Biosciences, Inc. | James Rolke | 2023 | $649,250 |
| EKSO | Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. | Scott Davis | 2023 | $637,020 |
| QLGN | Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. | Michael Poirier | 2023 | $632,698 |
| SG | Sweetgreen, Inc. | Jonathan Neman | 2023 | $622,548 |
| BLZE | Backblaze, Inc. | Gleb Budman | 2023 | $614,185 |
| COUR | Coursera, Inc. | Jeffrey Maggioncalda | 2023 | $606,815 |
| WATT | Energous Corp. | Cesar Johnston | 2023 | $602,500 |
| PEN | Penumbra Inc. | Adam Elsesser | 2023 | $601,620 |
| VTGN | Vistagen Therapeutics, Inc. | Shawn Singh | 2023 | $600,000 |
| PDFS | Pdf Solutions Inc. | John Kibarian | 2023 | $595,919 |
| MOVE | Movano Inc. | John Mastrototaro | 2023 | $594,860 |
| TGAN | Transphorm, Inc. | Mario Rivas | 2023 | $580,461 |
| RPHM | Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Gregory Flesher | 2023 | $569,704 |
| CPTN | Cepton, Inc. | Jun Pei | 2023 | $558,273 |
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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