Here Are The Top 11 Highest Paid CEOs In Australia

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan DhirajEducation and CareerOctober 17, 2018October 19, 2018

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited (DPE) boss Don Meij, is the highest paid CEO in Australia, of an ASX200 company, earning a massive $36.84 million in the 2017 financial year. Want to earn as much as Australia’s highest-paid CEO?

When compared to the average full-time Australian salary of $84,661.20 per year – Mr Meij’s salary was almost 435 times the average worker’s earnings.

The second-highest-paid chief executives, according to the report, were Peter and Steven Lowy, the joint chief executives of shopping centre giant Westfield and sons of Westfield founder Frank Lowy. Together they earned $25.9 million. Behind the Lowy brothers was Nicholas Moore, chief executive of Macquarie Bank, on $25.2 million.

Chris Rex, chief executive of Ramsay Healthcare, came in fourth with an income of $22.3 million. He was followed by James Hardie Industries chief Louis Gries on $18 million.

Here are the top 11 highest-paid CEOs in Australia

Don Meij, Domino’s Pizza: $36.84 million
Peter and Steven Lowy, Westfield Corp: $25.9 million
Nicholas Moore, Macquarie Group: $25.19 million
Chris Rex, Ramsay Health Care: $22.3 million
Louis Gries, Hardie Industries: $18.03 million
Andrew Bassat, Seek: $14.12 million
Ron Delia, Amcor: $12.2 million
Alan Joyce, Qantas: $11.25 million
Colin Goldschmidt, Sonic Healthcare: $10.61 million
Mark Hooper, Sigma Healthcare: $10.30 million
Mike Kane, Boral: $9.82 million

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