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The 15 CEOs in This Year’s $100 Million+ Club

The number of CEOs in the Russell 3000 making more than $100 million in total compensation has spiked over the past two years, according to data from public company intelligence provider MyLogIQ.

For 2021, 15 such compensation plans have been disclosed in proxy statements thus far, led by automated digital marketing company The Trade Desk chief executive Jeff Green’s package, which was worth roughly $835 million.

Similarly, in 2020, there were 16 total comp awards at Russell 3000 companies that were worth more than $100 million, according to MyLogIQ data. The top plan that year went to Palantir Technologies chief executive Alexander Karp and was worth roughly $1.1 billion.

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