It’s no secret that CEOs make a lot of money, more especially those of the biggest companies. They’ve climbed the company ladder to get the fancy office and dedicated parking spot or in some cases their parents have handed the position over to them. That being said, being the CEO of the world’s biggest company doesn’t necessarily mean you’re the highest paid. We are going to take a look at the world’s highest paid CEOs, some of which may surprise you and many of whom you may have never heard of.
Here are the top 20 highest paid CEOs in the world.
Rank | Name | Company | Annual earnings |
1. | Sundar Pichai | Alphabet Inc. | $280.6 million |
2. | Robert H. Swan | Intel Corp | $66.9 million |
3. | Lisa T. Su | Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | $58.5 million |
4. | John C. Plant | Howmet Aerospace Inc. | $51.7 million |
5. | Robert Chapek | Walt Disney Company | $47.5 million |
6. | David M. Zaslav | Discovery, Inc. | $45.8 million |
7. | Miguel Patricio | Kraft Heinz Company | $43.3 million |
8. | Satya Nadella | Microsoft Corp | $42.9 million |
9. | Lachlan K. Murdoch | Fox Corp | $42.1 million |
10. | William R. Mcdermott | ServiceNow, Inc. | $41.7 million |
11. | Shantanu Narayen | Adobe Inc. | $39.1 million |
12. | Reed Hastings | Netflix Inc | $38.6 million |
13. | Larry J. Merlo | CVS Health Corp | $36.5 million |
14. | Brian L. Roberts | Comcast Corp | $36.4 million |
15. | James Umpleby | Caterpillar Inc | $34.5 million |
16. | Charles W. Scharf | Wells Fargo & Company | $34.3 million |
17. | Michael K. Wirth | Chevron Corp | $33.1 million |
18. | Randall L. Stephenson | AT&T Inc. | $32.0 million |
19. | Greg C. Garland | Phillips 66 | $31.9 million |
20. | James P. Gorman | Morgan Stanley | $31.6 million |
| Jamie Dimon | JPMorgan Chase & Co | $31.6 million |
