Last year, the best paid CEO among US companies with revenues of $ 1 billion or more was Satya Nadella, Tim Cook or Jen-Hsun Huang. On the other hand, it was James R. Anderson, the newly appointed CEO of Coherent Corp (Nyse: Cohr), a world leader in materials, networks and lasers. The coherent CEO Jim Anderson received a total compensation package of $ 101.5 million. Closed behind him was the CEO of Starbucks, Brian Niccol, whom he received $ 95.8 million after his appointment in September 2024. In boats, more than 90% of his compensation had the form of long -term capital awards.
100 CEOS best paid in America
| Slender | Executive | Company | Heart | Total compensation | FY 2024 Income ($ M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Robert Anderson | Corp. coherent | Cohr | $ 101,497,009.00 | $ 4,707.00 |
| 2 | Brian R. Niccol | Starbucks Corporation | Sbux | $ 95,801,676.00 | $ 36,176.00 |
| 3 | H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. | General Electric Company | Geom | $ 87,393,876.00 | $ 38,702.00 |
| 4 | Satya Nadella | Microsoft Corporation | MSFT | $ 79,106,183.00 | $ 245,122.00 |
| 5 | Timothy D. Cook | Apple Inc. | APPL | $ 74,609,802.00 | $ 391,035.00 |
| 6 | David L. Gitlin | Carrier Global Corporation | Carrot | $ 65,554,845.00 | $ 22,486.00 |
| 7 | Nikesh arora | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Panw | $ 58,036,875.00 | $ 8,027.00 |
| 8 | Shantanu Narayen | Adobe Inc. | Adbe | $ 52,390,182.00 | $ 21,505.00 |
| 9 | Rajiv Ramasswami, Ph.D. | Nutanix, Inc. | NTNX | $ 51,143,711.00 | $ 2,148.00 |
| 10 | George R. Kurtz | Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. | CRWD | $ 46,983,855.00 | $ 3,055.00 |
| 11 | Matthew J. Murphy | Marvel Technology, Inc. | MRVL | $ 45,163,040.00 | $ 5,507.00 |
| 12 | Robert A. Iger | The Walt Disney Company | Scattered | $ 40,618,873.00 | $ 91,361.00 |
| 13 | Marc Benioff | Salesforce, Inc. | CRM | $ 39,642,173.00 | $ 34,857.00 |
| 14 | Dara Khosrowshahi | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Super | $ 39,408,629.00 | $ 43,978.00 |
| 15 | Bryan C. Hanson | Solventum corporation | Solvator | $ 39,370,556.00 | $ 8,254.00 |
| 16 | Charles H. Robbins | Cisco Systems, Inc. | CSCO | $ 38,216,371.00 | $ 53,803.00 |
| 17 | Stephen J. Squeri | American Express Company | Axe | $ 37,101,378.00 | $ 60,764.00 |
| 18 | Sasan K. Goodarzi | Intuit inc. | Intu | $ 36,572,360.00 | $ 16,285.00 |
| 19 | William J. Lansing | Fair Isaac Corporation | Fico | $ 35,321,363.00 | $ 1,717.00 |
| 20 | Summit Singh | Chewy, Inc. | Chwy | $ 35,186,195.00 | $ 11,147.00 |
| 21 | Jen-Hsun Huang | Nvidia Corporation | NVDA | $ 34,167,902.00 | $ 60,922.00 |
| 22 | Nicolas Papadopoul | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | ACGL | $ 31,758,573.00 | $ 17,440.00 |
| 23 | Morris Goldfarb | G-III support group, LTD. | GIII | $ 31,431,039.00 | $ 3,098.00 |
| 24 | David M. Solomon | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | GS | $ 31,290,110.00 | $ 52,164.00 |
| 25 | Anel Bhusri | Workday, Inc. | Dawn | $ 31,181,565.00 | $ 7,259.00 |
| 26 | Jane Nind Fraser | Citigroup Inc. | do | $ 31,127,500.00 | $ 71,363.00 |
| 27 | Lisa T. su, Ph.D. | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | AMD | $ 30,996,392.00 | $ 25,785.00 |
| 28 | Gregory Q. Brown | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | MSI | $ 30,831,969.00 | $ 10,817.00 |
| 29 | Charles W. Scharf | Wells Fargo & Company | WFC | $ 30,313,559.00 | $ 77,962.00 |
| 30 | Timothy M. Archer | Lam Research Corporation | LRCX | $ 30,135,041.00 | $ 14,905.00 |
| 31 | Sanjay Mehrotra | Micron Technology, Inc. | Mu | $ 30,060,126.00 | $ 25,111.00 |
| 32 | Todd McKinnon | OKTA, Inc. | Octa | $ 30,012,225.00 | $ 2,263.00 |
| 33 | Richard D. Fairbank | Capital One Financial Corporation | COF | $ 29,853,624.00 | $ 27,396.00 |
| 34 | Stuart A. Miller | Lennar Corporation | Row | $ 29,546,676.00 | $ 35,441.00 |
| 35 | John J. Donahoe, II | Nike, Inc. | NK | $ 29,184,701.00 | $ 51,362.00 |
| 36 | Eric S. Yuan | Zoom Communications Inc. | ZM | $ 28,082,133.00 | $ 4,527.00 |
| 37 | Brian T. Moynihan | Bank of America Corporation | BAC | $ 27,803,504.00 | $ 96,066.00 |
| 38 | Gary E. Dickerson | Applied Materials, Inc. | Amat | $ 27,799,212.00 | $ 27,176.00 |
| 39 | David A. Ricks | Eli Lilly and Company | Slowly | $ 27,496,443.00 | $ 45,042.00 |
| 40 | James Lawrence Dolan | Sphere Entertainment Co. | SPHR | $ 27,441,193.00 | $ 1,026.00 |
| 41 | Sassine Ghazi | Synopsys, Inc. | SNPS | $ 27,404,261.00 | $ 6,127.00 |
| 42 | James Fifley | The Coca-Cola company | Ku | $ 27,005,610.00 | $ 47,061.00 |
| 43 | James M. Cracchiolo | Amerprise Financial, Inc. | Amp | $ 26,479,446.00 | $ 17,926.00 |
| 44 | John C. May, II | Deere & Company | HE | $ 26,102,840.00 | $ 51,716.00 |
| 45 | ARI Bousbib | IQVIA HOLDINS INC. | IQV | $ 26,025,226.00 | $ 15,405.00 |
| 46 | Ryan Mcinerney | Visa Inc. | V | $ 25,993,541.00 | $ 35,926.00 |
| 47 | Cristiano R. Amon | Qualcomm incorporated | Qocom | $ 25,931,574.00 | $ 38,962.00 |
| 48 | C. Douglas McMillon | Walmart Inc. | WMT | $ 25,835,813.00 | $ 648,125.00 |
| 49 | Mark Wynn Stewart | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | GT | $ 25,706,039.00 | $ 18,878.00 |
| 50 | Andrew Wilson | Electronic Arts Inc. | EA | $ 25,643,093.00 | $ 7,562.00 |
| 51 | Charles H. Giancarlo | Pure Storage, Inc. | PSTG | $ 25,581,323.00 | $ 2,830.00 |
| 52 | Arvind Krishna, Ph.D. | IBM | IBM | $ 25,109,627.00 | $ 62,753.00 |
| 53 | Jonathan M. Jaffe | Lennar Corporation | Row | $ 25,086,806.00 | $ 35,441.00 |
| 54 | Paul J. Romanowski | Dr. Horton, Inc. | DHI | $ 25,059,164.00 | $ 36,801.00 |
| 55 | Julie Spellman Sweet | ACCENTURE PLC | ACN | $ 24,915,146.00 | $ 64,896.00 |
| 56 | James Duncan Farley, Jr. | Ford Motor Company | F | $ 24,861,866.00 | $ 184,992.00 |
| 57 | Hamid R. Moghadam | Prologis, Inc. | Please | $ 24,851,777.00 | $ 8.201.00 |
| 58 | J. Erik Fyrwald | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | IEF | $ 24,138,390.00 | $ 11,484.00 |
| 59 | Carol B. Take | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Universal Postal Union | $ 24,063,977.00 | $ 91,070.00 |
| 60 | Be M. Connolly | Conagra Brands, Inc. | Cag | $ 24,030,226.00 | $ 12,050.00 |
| 61 | Terrence A. Duffy | CME Group Inc. | Cme | $ 23,886,757.00 | $ 6,130.00 |
| 62 | Phebe N. Novakovic | General Dynamics Corporation | GD | $ 23,794,702.00 | $ 47,716.00 |
| 63 | James D. Taiot, Jr. | Lockheed Martin Corporation | LMT | $ 23,753,914.00 | $ 71,043.00 |
| 64 | Laura J. Alber | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | WSM | $ 23,696,540.00 | $ 7,750.00 |
| 65 | Daniel Patrick O’Day | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Guild | $ 23,689,392.00 | $ 28,754.00 |
| 66 | Scott Strazik | GE VERTOVA INC. | Vest | $ 23,684,225.00 | $ 34,935.00 |
| 67 | Albert Bourla, Ph.D. | Pfizer Inc. | PFE | $ 23,654,185.00 | $ 63,627.00 |
| 68 | Joshua Ian Weinstein | Carnival Corporation & PLC | CICLES | $ 23,566,603.00 | $ 25,021.00 |
| 69 | Samuel N. Hazen | HCA Healthcare, Inc. | HCA | $ 23,426,999.00 | $ 70,603.00 |
| 70 | Robin A. Vince | New York Mellon Corporation Bank | BK | $ 23,296,027.00 | $ 18,549.00 |
| 71 | David M. Cordani | The Cigna Group | Ci | $ 23,220,037.00 | $ 247,121.00 |
| 72 | Paul C. Reilly | Raymond James Financial, Inc. | RJF | $ 23,084,330.00 | $ 14,923.00 |
| 73 | Jon R. Moeller | The Procter & Gamble company | Pg | $ 22,963,881.00 | $ 84,039.00 |
| 74 | Lachlan K. Murdoch | Fox Corporation | Foxa | $ 22,902,025.00 | $ 13,980.00 |
| 75 | Allan C. Thygesen | Docusign, Inc. | Document | $ 22,834,039.00 | $ 2.761.00 |
| 76 | Richard P. Wallace | Kla Corporation | KLAC | $ 22,832,965.00 | $ 9,812.00 |
| 77 | John Q. Doyle | Marsh McLennan | MMC | $ 22,807,539.00 | $ 24,458.00 |
| 78 | Gregory L. Christopher | Mueller Industries, Inc. | MLI | $ 22,786,901.00 | $ 3,768.00 |
| 79 | Donnie D. King | Tyson Foods, Inc. | TSN | $ 22,773,094.00 | $ 53,309.00 |
| 80 | Gregory B. Maffei | Formula One Group | Fwon.k | $ 22,609,602.00 | $ 3,653.00 |
| 81 | Richard B. Handler | Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | Boss | $ 22,587,252.00 | $ 10,515.00 |
| 82 | Vincent T. Roche | Analog Devices, Inc. | ADI | $ 22,436,615.00 | $ 9,427.00 |
| 83 | Rainer M. Blair | Danaher Corporation | Mister. | $ 22,107,164.00 | $ 23,875.00 |
| 84 | Kevin A. Wolf | Stryker Corporation | Syk | $ 21,979,369.00 | $ 22,595.00 |
| 85 | Joseph M. Zubotsky | Molina Healthcare, Inc. | Medical Officer | $ 21,944,109.00 | $ 40,650.00 |
| 86 | Anthony G. Capuano | Marriott International, Inc. | Marble | $ 21,934,093.00 | $ 25,100.00 |
| 87 | John D. Wren | OMNICOM GROUP INC. | WTO | $ 21,673,595.00 | $ 15,689.00 |
| 88 | Wendell P. weeks | CORNING INCORDATED | Pink | $ 21,668,436.00 | $ 13,118.00 |
| 89 | Joaquín Duato | Johnson and Johnson | Jnj | $ 21,608,360.00 | $ 88,821.00 |
| 90 | Juan R. Luciano | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | Admire | $ 21,532,037.00 | $ 85,530.00 |
| 91 | Robert B. Ford | ABBOTT laboratories | ABBOT | $ 21,434,282.00 | $ 41,950.00 |
| 92 | Kevin M. Stein, Ph.D. | Transdigm Incorporated Group | TDG | $ 21,432,369.00 | $ 7,940.00 |
| 93 | William S. Demchak | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | PNC | $ 21,401,976.00 | $ 20,766.00 |
| 94 | Ryan Michael Lance | Conocophillips | POLICE | $ 21,286,973.00 | $ 56,953.00 |
| 95 | Ernie L. Herrman | The TJX Companies, Inc. | TJX | $ 21,229,334.00 | $ 54,217.00 |
| 96 | Frank Slootman | Snowflake Inc. | Snow | $ 21,225,026.00 | $ 2,806.00 |
| 97 | William M. Brown | 3M COMPANY | Hmm | $ 21,191,031.00 | $ 24,575.00 |
| 98 | Michael F. Mahoney | Boston Scientific Corporation | BSX | $ 21,129,135.00 | $ 16,747.00 |
| 99 | Craig Arnold | EATON CORPORATION PLC | ETN | $ 20,969,966.00 | $ 24,878.00 |
| 100 | Michael George Rhodes | Ally Financial Inc. | Ally | $ 20,940,508.00 | $ 6,751.00 |
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