A survey conducted by the AP that covered 340 executives at S&P 500 companies, showed that CEO salaries rose to a median of US $ 14.5 million in 2021. The executives surveyed have served at least two whole consecutive years in their organizations.
Compensation of top executives in a company includes stock and option grants depending on a particular performance matrix.
Here, we take a look at the highest paid male CEOs in the US in 2021:
Peter Kern:
Peter Kern of Expedia Group Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE) is ranked No. 1 on the elite list of top chief executive officers in the US. His compensation of US $ 296.2 million is a change of 6,592% from the previous year. He is the Vice Chairman and CEO of Expedia Group.
The US $ 20.62 billion Expedia Group, Inc. is an American online travel shopping company for consumer and small business travel. Kern has been a director and Vice-Chairman of the company since June 2018. He became CEO in 2020.
David Zaslav:
David Zaslav of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (Nasdaq: WBD) is ranked 2ndnd to the top CEOs in the US in terms of compensation. His salary of US $ 246.6 million is a change of 554% from the previous year.
Zaslav was instrumental in striking the deal between AT&T and Discovery to merge with WarnerMedia. The Warner Bros. joint. Discovery was formed in April 2022. The market cap of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is US $ 44.54 billion.
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William McDermott:
William McDermott of ServiceNow Inc. (NYSE: NOW) is ranked No. 3 of the top chief executives in the US. His salary of US $ 165.8 million is a change of 560% from last year.
Prior to joining ServiceNow, he was the CEO of technology company SAP SE.
California, Santa Clara -based ServiceNow is an American software company in the development of cloud computing platforms and has a market cap of US $ 94.53 billion.
Tim Cook:
The boss of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) Tim Cook is ranked 4thika in terms of compensation to the highest paid chief executive officers in the US. His salary of US $ 98.7 million is 569% change from last year.
Tim Cook became CEO of Apple Inc. since 2011. He previously served as the company’s chief operating officer under Steve Jobs.
Apple Inc. based in California, Cupertino is a consumer electronics, software, and online services company with a market cap of US $ 2.57 trillion.
Jamie Dimon:
Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) was ranked 5thika among the top CEOs in the US. His salary of US $ 84.4 million is a change of 167% from last year.
Jamie Dimon has been chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase since 2005. Previously, he was on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
JPMorgan Chase is the largest of the four major US banks.
Bottom line:
Of the female CEOs, Lisa T. Su of Advanced Micro Devices tops the chart with a salary of US $ 29.5 million. She is closely followed by Mary T. Barra of General Motors with a package of US $ 29.1 million. Nasdaq’s Adena Friedman also entered the list with a salary of US $ 20 million.
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