Post the coronavirus pandemic, the economy seems to be doing well for some than the others. Today we bring you a list of top global CEOs who have received the highest pay in the previous financial year.
The tech industry, apart from all others, seems to be doing pretty well and the CEOs have been paid handsomely.
These are the Top 10 CEOs of the US with the highest pay structure in 2019.
1. Elon Musk
Elon Musk is a world-famous engineer & physicist and is best known as the CEO of SpaceX as well as Tesla Inc.
Total Pay in 2019: $595,266,817
2. Tim Cook
Tim Cook is an American business executive and is the chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Tim previously served as the company’s chief operating officer under its co-founder Steve Jobs.
Total Pay in 2019: $133,727,869
3. Tom Rutledge
Tom Rutledge is the chairman and CEO of Charter Communications. Before joining Charter, he served as COO of Cablevision from 2004 until 2011.
Total Pay in 2019: $116,995,201
4. Joseph Ianniello
Joseph Ianniello is an American media executive who has previously been the Chairman of CBS Entertainment Group unit of ViacomCBS from December 4, 2019, until March 23, 2020.
Total Pay in 2019: $116,565,495
5. Sumit Singh
Sumit Singh is Chief Executive Officer at Chewy Inc. which is an American online retailer of pet food and other pet-related products based in Dania Beach, Florida.
Total Pay in 2019: $108,158,705
6. Jonathan Gray
Jonathan Gray is an American billionaire and the president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Group, a New York-based asset management firm. He also serves as chairman of Hilton Worldwide.
Total Pay in 2019: $107,630,680
7. Robert Swan
Robert Swan is an American business executive and is the CEO of Intel Corporation since January 2019.
Total Pay in 2019: $99,022,847
8. Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai is the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC.
Total Pay in 2019: $86,162,752
9. Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella is an Indian-American business executive who became the chief executive officer of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014.
Total Pay in 2019: $77,289,149
10. Douglas Ingram
Douglas Ingram occupies the position of Chairman of RemitPro, Inc. and President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
Total Pay in 2019: $70,228,746
