New York Times has released a list of top 10 highest-paid CEOs of 2018 and the list has revealed some very interesting results. The total salary package of Elon Musk was so large the survey team had to add an extra dimension to the chart below to make the list accurate. What’s more interesting is that Tesla CEO Elon Musk was paid nearly $2.3 billion in 2018. This is more than the other 65 highest-paid CEOs combined.
Tesla faced a very negative last year and its stock price has fallen dramatically since the start of 2019. Check out the complete list below:
Elon Musk: Tesla
Total compensation: $2,284 million
David M. Zaslav: Discovery
Total compensation: $129 million
Nikesh Arora: Palo Alto Networks
Total compensation: $125 million
Mark V. Hurd: Oracle
Total compensation: $108 million
Safra A. Catz: Oracle
Total compensation: $108 million
John J. Legere: T-MOBILE US
Total compensation: $67 million
Robert A. Iger: Walt Disney
Total compensation: $66 million
James Heppelmann: PTC
Total compensation: $50 million
Fabrizio Freda: Estee Lauder
Total compensation: $48 million
Vivek Shah: J2 Global
Total compensation: $45 million
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