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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX | Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. | Young-Joon Kim | 2023 | $5,911,543 |
| GLRE | Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. | Simon Burton | 2023 | $5,910,846 |
| SAM | Boston Beer CO Inc. | David Burwick | 2023 | $5,907,342 |
| CHRS | Coherus Biosciences, Inc. | Dennis Lanfear | 2023 | $5,897,924 |
| REVG | REV Group, Inc. | Mark Skonieczny | 2023 | $5,894,245 |
| BCPC | Balchem Corp. | Ted Harris | 2023 | $5,889,707 |
| ORI | Old Republic International Corp. | Craig Smiddy | 2023 | $5,887,317 |
| OSW | Onespaworld Holdings Ltd | Leonard Fluxman | 2023 | $5,884,805 |
| BTU | Peabody Energy Corp. | James Grech | 2023 | $5,879,892 |
| NOVA | Sunnova Energy International Inc. | William Berger | 2023 | $5,865,040 |
| PLSE | Pulse Biosciences, Inc. | Kevin Danahy | 2023 | $5,864,450 |
| WTI | W&T Offshore Inc. | Tracy Krohn | 2023 | $5,863,561 |
| GCMG | GCM Grosvenor Inc. | Michael Sacks | 2023 | $5,859,411 |
| BRKR | Bruker Corp. | Frank Laukien | 2023 | $5,858,761 |
| AGEN | Agenus Inc. | Garo Armen | 2023 | $5,856,319 |
| ADTN | Adtran Holdings, Inc. | Thomas Stanton | 2023 | $5,847,661 |
| NUS | NU Skin Enterprises, Inc. | Ryan Napierski | 2023 | $5,838,579 |
| BHE | Benchmark Electronics Inc. | Jeffrey Benck | 2023 | $5,837,439 |
| GPRE | Green Plains Inc. | Todd Becker | 2023 | $5,836,449 |
| MLKN | Millerknoll, Inc. | Andi Owen | 2023 | $5,835,567 |
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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