Highest-Paid CEOs
Highest-Paid CEOs
CEO pay continues to outpace the pay of working people across the country. In the past 10 years, CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased by more than $5 million to an average of $16.7 million in 2022. Meanwhile, the average U.S. worker saw a wage increase of $15,460 over the past decade, earning on average just $61,900 in 2022.
| Ticker | Company | CEO | Year | CEO Pay Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VRNA | Verona Pharma PLC | David Zaccardelli | 2022 | $5,183,140 |
| STRL | Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. | Joseph Cutillo | 2022 | $5,177,786 |
| ZION | Zions Bancorporation, National Association /Ut/ | Harris Simmons | 2022 | $5,168,047 |
| SNV | Synovus Financial Corp. | Kevin Blair | 2022 | $5,168,041 |
| CRTX | Quince Therapeutics, Inc. | Casey Lynch | 2022 | $5,167,258 |
| TBBK | Bancorp, Inc. | Damian Kozlowski | 2022 | $5,163,721 |
| CXW | Corecivic, Inc. | Damon Hininger | 2022 | $5,159,741 |
| ATRA | Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. | Pascal Touchon | 2022 | $5,158,127 |
| PRDS | Pardes Biosciences, Inc. | Thomas Wiggans | 2022 | $5,151,791 |
| ALTR | Altair Engineering Inc. | James Scapa | 2022 | $5,142,001 |
| SUM | Summit Materials, Inc. | Anne Noonan | 2022 | $5,138,466 |
| ROOT | Root, Inc. | Alexander Timm | 2022 | $5,126,730 |
| KALU | Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | Keith Harvey | 2022 | $5,123,725 |
| IVT | Inventrust Properties Corp. | Daniel Busch | 2022 | $5,121,748 |
| ANIP | Ani Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Nikhil Lalwani | 2022 | $5,112,087 |
| FORM | Formfactor Inc. | Michael Slessor | 2022 | $5,111,933 |
| DLA | Delta Apparel, Inc. | Robert Humphreys | 2022 | $5,106,659 |
| ECPG | Encore Capital Group Inc. | Ashish Masih | 2022 | $5,101,918 |
| SXI | Standex International Corp. | David Dunbar | 2023 | $5,098,597 |
| GES | Guess Inc. | Carlos Alberini | 2023 | $5,094,130 |