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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AURC | Better Home & Finance Holding Co | Vishal Garg | 2023 | $5,600,810 |
| ETNB | 89bio, Inc. | Rohan Palekar | 2023 | $5,587,661 |
| PBH | Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. | Ronald M. Lombardi | 2023 | $5,583,109 |
| DNOW | DNOW Inc. | David Cherechinsky | 2023 | $5,580,418 |
| CECE | Ceco Environmental Corp. | Todd Gleason | 2023 | $5,577,976 |
| SBOW | Silverbow Resources, Inc. | Sean Woolverton | 2023 | $5,571,721 |
| HWC | Hancock Whitney Corp. | John Hairston | 2023 | $5,565,268 |
| RILY | B. Riley Financial, Inc. | Bryant Riley | 2023 | $5,563,318 |
| SHLS | Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. | Brandon Moss | 2023 | $5,560,030 |
| XBIT | Xbiotech Inc. | John Simard | 2023 | $5,556,481 |
| AZTA | Azenta, Inc. | Stephen Schwartz | 2023 | $5,554,462 |
| PEGA | Pegasystems Inc. | Alan Trefler | 2023 | $5,549,906 |
| SKYW | Skywest Inc. | Russell Childs | 2023 | $5,547,463 |
| UDMY | Udemy, Inc. | Greg Brown | 2023 | $5,542,944 |
| BCYC | Bicycle Therapeutics PLC | Kevin Lee | 2023 | $5,540,400 |
| AXGN | Axogen, Inc. | Karen Zaderej | 2023 | $5,534,681 |
| ROCK | Gibraltar Industries, Inc. | William Bosway | 2023 | $5,528,619 |
| TIPT | Tiptree Inc. | Jonathan Ilany | 2023 | $5,525,564 |
| GPOR | Gulfport Energy Corp. | John Reinhart | 2023 | $5,522,209 |
| TNC | Tennant Co. | David Huml | 2023 | $5,520,144 |
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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