How much do CEOs make? Last year, the answer ranged from $0 to nearly $300 million, according to The Wall Street Journal’s annual ranking of S&P 500 companies. The median CEO’s compensation package in 2021 was $14.7 million. Most of that amount comes in the form of equity awards that could ultimately prove to be… Continue reading The Highest Paid CEOs in the S&P 500: Top Pay Packages of 2021
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Business Owner Breaks Down Why She Pays All Staff Including Herself the Same Salary and Takes Aim at CEOs Raking in Millions
Some market watchers argue that the rise in median executive payouts is a natural consequence of the stiffer competition for scarce business talent, and paying huge executive salaries adds to stockholder value. But as the difference between the average worker’s salary and executive grows wider each year, critics argue that whether they increase productivity or… Continue reading Business Owner Breaks Down Why She Pays All Staff Including Herself the Same Salary and Takes Aim at CEOs Raking in Millions
24/7 Wall St./MyLogIQ CEO Pay For S&P 500
Public corporation CEO compensation has been considered excessive in the United States for decades. What these CEOs make is easy to determine, because publicly traded companies are required to disclose the information. Among the groups that have complained most loudly are those who believe CEOs make little contribution to American society. Why should a CEO… Continue reading 24/7 Wall St./MyLogIQ CEO Pay For S&P 500
Biggest CEO Pay Package So Far? $835 Million to the Head of an Ad-Tech Firm
Using Company® compensation data, the Wall Street Journal looks at the biggest CEO pay package. Below is an excerpt from the article by Theo Francis. The head of advertising-technology company Trade Desk Inc. received a pay package last year that the company valued at more than $800 million—and which could leave him holding billions of… Continue reading Biggest CEO Pay Package So Far? $835 Million to the Head of an Ad-Tech Firm
This CEO Made Almost 2,000 Times More Than His Employees
CEO pay has been described as obscenely high by investors, worker activists, and the press. How, these groups ask, can one person be worth millions or even tens of millions of dollars in compensation each year? Asked another way, how can one person be paid so much more than company employees? For example, Aptiv Plc… Continue reading This CEO Made Almost 2,000 Times More Than His Employees
This American CEO Made $247 Million Last Year
The amount of money America CEOs make has been called obscene. It is often many hundred times what their employees earn. The trend has been particularly criticized at public corporations that pay people little more than the locally mandated minimum wage. This has included, in the recent past, such operations as McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Walmart.… Continue reading This American CEO Made $247 Million Last Year
This Is the Lowest Paid Fortune 500 CEO in America
The chief executive officers of America’s largest companies have enjoyed pay raises most years for decades. That was interrupted at some public corporations, as the COVID-19 pandemic caused some of them to agree to salary cuts due to a decline in earnings or large layoffs of their workers. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) data… Continue reading This Is the Lowest Paid Fortune 500 CEO in America
These TikTok Stars Made More Money Than Many of America’s Top CEOs
TikTok stars are dancing their way to the bank. Some are making more than America’s top chief executives. Charli D’Amelio, who started posting videos of herself dancing on TikTok in 2019, brought in $17.5 million last year, according to Forbes, which recently ranked the highest-earning TikTok stars of 2021. With 133 million followers on TikTok,… Continue reading These TikTok Stars Made More Money Than Many of America’s Top CEOs