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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAC | Bank of America Corp. | Brian Moynihan | 2023 | $28,571,192 |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Joaquin Duato | 2023 | $28,397,240 |
| AMP | Ameriprise Financial Inc. | James Cracchiolo | 2023 | $28,378,031 |
| MSI | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | Gregory Brown | 2023 | $28,178,498 |
| ZM | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | Eric Yuan | 2024 | $28,082,133 |
| CHRW | C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | David Bozeman | 2023 | $27,966,653 |
| FISV | Fiserv Inc. | Frank Bisignano | 2023 | $27,943,757 |
| GM | General Motors Co | Mary Barra | 2023 | $27,847,405 |
| CB | Chubb Ltd. | Evan Greenberg | 2023 | $27,661,317 |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | Jeffrey Sprecher | 2023 | $27,550,872 |
| SRE | Sempra Energy | Jeffrey Martin | 2023 | $27,421,881 |
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | Sasan Goodarzi | 2023 | $27,305,429 |
| U | Unity Software Inc. | John Riccitiello | 2023 | $27,130,731 |
| WMT | Walmart Inc. | Doug McMillon | 2024 | $26,968,924 |
| BLK | Blackrock Inc. | Laurence Fink | 2023 | $26,939,474 |
| AMAT | Applied Materials Inc. | Gary Dickerson | 2023 | $26,854,544 |
| VNO | Vornado Realty Trust | Steven Roth | 2023 | $26,843,514 |
| DE | Deere & Co. | John C. May | 2023 | $26,722,519 |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | David Solomon | 2023 | $26,670,817 |
| VCXA | 10x Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II | Alan Kessler | 2023 | $26,664,680 |
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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