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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRTA | Prothena Corp | Gene Kinney | 2023 | $7,043,826 |
| MED | Medifast Inc. | Daniel Chard | 2023 | $7,039,062 |
| SXC | Suncoke Energy, Inc. | Michael G. Rippey | 2023 | $7,036,958 |
| DOOR | Masonite International Corp. | Howard Heckes | 2023 | $7,035,842 |
| USAC | USA Compression Partners, LP | Eric Long | 2023 | $7,034,775 |
| BMBL | Bumble Inc. | Whitney Wolfe Herd | 2023 | $7,031,795 |
| HLX | Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. | Owen Kratz | 2023 | $7,023,160 |
| RWT | Redwood Trust Inc. | Christopher Abate | 2023 | $7,021,779 |
| ROG | Rogers Corp. | Colin Gouveia | 2023 | $7,019,878 |
| TPST | Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. | Stephen Brady | 2023 | $7,007,407 |
| PRIM | Primoris Services Corp. | Thomas McCormick | 2023 | $7,004,628 |
| HLI | Houlihan Lokey, Inc. | Scott L. Beiser | 2023 | $7,000,000 |
| VSAT | Viasat Inc. | Mark Dankberg | 2023 | $6,996,915 |
| SUM | Summit Materials, Inc. | Anne Noonan | 2023 | $6,993,815 |
| FULC | Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. | Alex Sapir | 2023 | $6,990,596 |
| PEB | Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | Jon Bortz | 2023 | $6,989,824 |
| VVI | Viad Corp. | Steven Moster | 2023 | $6,987,373 |
| NDSN | Nordson Corp. | Sundaram Nagarajan | 2023 | $6,981,645 |
| WMS | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Scott Barbour | 2023 | $6,976,773 |
| CLSK | Cleanspark, Inc. | Zachary Bradford | 2023 | $6,975,812 |
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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