Recently, The Wall Street Journal published the list of top-paid CEOs of the top 500 S&P companies. The publication also listed the median pay of employees, how much raise they got in the last year. We take a look at who are the top-paid CEOs of tech companies. The list includes some of the biggest companies’ top executives. Here are the top 15 highest-paid CEOs in the US:
Chad R Richison Paycom: $211 million
Chad Richcom is the CEO of Paycom, a leading provider of cloud-based human capital management software. His annual salary stands at $211 million.
Shantanu Narayen, Adobe: $45.8 million
Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen was the third-highest paid CEO with an annual salary of $45.8 million.
Brian Roberts, Comcast: $32.7 million
Comcast is one of the US’ biggest telecom, entertainment company and its CEO earned $32.7 million in annual compensation.
Lisa T Su, AMD: $27.1 million
AMD is one of the biggest chip makers in the world. The company’s CEO earned $27.1 million as an annual salary.
Steve Mollenkopf, Qualcomm: $25.9 million
Qualcomm makes processors for most Android phones and is one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of, Qualcomm earned $25.9 million as an annual salary.
Mark Benioff, Salesforce: $25.7 million
Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff earned $25.7 million in compensation last year.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook: $25.2 million
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg heads one of the biggest tech companies in the world. He took home $25.2 million in salary.
William Mcdermott, Servicenow: $25.1
Servicenow is a US-based software company developing cloud computing platforms. William McDermott, the CEO, Servicenow, took home $25.1 million in salary.
Daniel Schulam, PayPal: $23.3 million
PayPal CEO Daniel Schulam’s annual salary was $23.3 million
Charles Robbins, Cisco: $23.1
Cisco CEO Charles Robbins earned $23.1 million in salary, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Gregory Brown, Motorola Solutions: $23.04
Motorola Solutions CEO Gregory Brown took home $23.04 million in salary.
David Henshall, Citrix Systems: $22.5 million
Citrix Systems is a US-based software MNC and its CEO David Henshall’s annual salary was around $22.5 million.
Robert Swan, Intel: $22.3 million
Robert Swan was the CEO of Intel till early this year but was removed from his position. His annual salary stood at $22.3 million as the CEO of Intel.
John Stankey, AT&T: $21.02 million
AT&T is one of the biggest telecom companies in the US. The company CEO John Stankey’s annual salary was around $21 million.
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