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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TINV | Grindr Inc. | George Arison | 2023 | $5,518,573 |
| TAST | Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. | Deborah Derby | 2023 | $5,508,665 |
| APOG | Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | Ty Silberhorn | 2024 | $5,498,397 |
| SUN | Sunoco | Joseph Kim | 2023 | $5,485,307 |
| ALT | Altimmune, Inc. | Vipin Garg | 2023 | $5,482,089 |
| ENLC | Enlink Midstream, LLC | Jesse Arenivas | 2023 | $5,465,133 |
| MGY | Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. | Christopher G. Stavros | 2023 | $5,457,370 |
| BKD | Brookdale Senior Living Inc. | Lucinda Baier | 2023 | $5,451,007 |
| CONN | Conns Inc. | Norman Miller | 2024 | $5,448,826 |
| WERN | Werner Enterprises Inc. | Derek Leathers | 2023 | $5,446,752 |
| QTRX | Quanterix Corp. | Masoud Toloue | 2023 | $5,435,274 |
| SITE | Siteone Landscape Supply, Inc. | Doug Black | 2023 | $5,430,348 |
| CTRE | Caretrust Reit, Inc. | David Sedgwick | 2023 | $5,430,306 |
| GTLS | Chart Industries Inc. | Jillian Evanko | 2023 | $5,424,092 |
| XPER | Adeia Inc. | Paul Davis | 2023 | $5,418,627 |
| STRA | Strategic Education, Inc. | Karl McDonnell | 2023 | $5,417,738 |
| VLY | Valley National Bancorp | Ira Robbins | 2023 | $5,416,463 |
| CVCO | Cavco Industries Inc. | William Boor | 2023 | $5,410,215 |
| ERAS | Erasca, Inc. | Jonathan Lim | 2023 | $5,407,446 |
| SIX | Six Flags Entertainment Corp. | Selim Bassoul | 2023 | $5,400,309 |
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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