Last year, the highest-paid CEO among U.S. companies with revenues of $1 billion or more was not Satya Nadella, Tim Cook, or Jen-Hsun Huang. Instead, it was James R. Anderson, the newly appointed CEO of Coherent Corp (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers. Coherent CEO Jim Anderson received a total compensation package of $101.5 million. Close behind him was Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol, who was awarded $95.8 million following his appointment in September 2024. In both cases, more than 90% of their compensation was in the form of long-term equity awards.
100 Highest Paid CEOs in America
| RANK | EXECUTIVE | COMPANY | TICKER | TOTAL COMPENSATION | FY 2024 REVENUE ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Robert Anderson | Coherent Corp. | 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 | GE | $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. | AAPL | $74,609,802.00 | $391,035.00 |
| 6 | David L. Gitlin | Carrier Global Corporation | CARR | $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 Ramaswami, 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 | Marvell Technology, Inc. | MRVL | $45,163,040.00 | $5,507.00 |
| 12 | Robert A. Iger | The Walt Disney Company | DIS | $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. | UBER | $39,408,629.00 | $43,978.00 |
| 15 | Bryan C. Hanson | Solventum Corporation | SOLV | $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 | AXP | $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 | Sumit 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 Papadopoulo | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | ACGL | $31,758,573.00 | $17,440.00 |
| 23 | Morris Goldfarb | G-III Apparel 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 | Aneel Bhusri | Workday, Inc. | WDAY | $31,181,565.00 | $7,259.00 |
| 26 | Jane Nind Fraser | Citigroup Inc. | C | $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. | OKTA | $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 | LEN | $29,546,676.00 | $35,441.00 |
| 35 | John J. Donahoe, II | NIKE, Inc. | NKE | $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 | LLY | $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 Quincey | The Coca-Cola Company | KO | $27,005,610.00 | $47,061.00 |
| 43 | James M. Cracchiolo | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | AMP | $26,479,446.00 | $17,926.00 |
| 44 | John C. May, II | Deere & Company | DE | $26,102,840.00 | $51,716.00 |
| 45 | Ari Bousbib | IQVIA Holdings 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 | QCOM | $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 | LEN | $25,086,806.00 | $35,441.00 |
| 54 | Paul J. Romanowski | D.R. 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. | PLD | $24,851,777.00 | $8,201.00 |
| 58 | J. Erik Fyrwald | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | IFF | $24,138,390.00 | $11,484.00 |
| 59 | Carol B. Tome | United Parcel Service, Inc. | UPS | $24,063,977.00 | $91,070.00 |
| 60 | Sean 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. Taiclet, 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. | GILD | $23,689,392.00 | $28,754.00 |
| 66 | Scott Strazik | GE Vernova Inc. | GEV | $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 | CCL | $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 | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation | 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. | DOCU | $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. | JEF | $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 | DHR | $22,107,164.00 | $23,875.00 |
| 84 | Kevin A. Lobo | Stryker Corporation | SYK | $21,979,369.00 | $22,595.00 |
| 85 | Joseph M. Zubretsky | Molina Healthcare, Inc. | MOH | $21,944,109.00 | $40,650.00 |
| 86 | Anthony G. Capuano | Marriott International, Inc. | MAR | $21,934,093.00 | $25,100.00 |
| 87 | John D. Wren | Omnicom Group Inc. | OMC | $21,673,595.00 | $15,689.00 |
| 88 | Wendell P. Weeks | Corning Incorporated | GLW | $21,668,436.00 | $13,118.00 |
| 89 | Joaquin Duato | Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | $21,608,360.00 | $88,821.00 |
| 90 | Juan R. Luciano | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | ADM | $21,532,037.00 | $85,530.00 |
| 91 | Robert B. Ford | Abbott Laboratories | ABT | $21,434,282.00 | $41,950.00 |
| 92 | Kevin M. Stein, Ph.D. | TransDigm Group Incorporated | TDG | $21,432,369.00 | $7,940.00 |
| 93 | William S. Demchak | The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | PNC | $21,401,976.00 | $20,766.00 |
| 94 | Ryan Michael Lance | ConocoPhillips | COP | $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 | MMM | $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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