The company has been in turmoil for quite a while now, with bleeding subscribers and a lawsuit slapped by investors for misleading them about quarterly and long term projections. Reed Hastings, Netflix: $453.5 billionĦ1 y/o Reed Hastings is the CEO of OTT giant Netflix, ever since he founded the company in 1997. Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: $452.9 billionĦ9 y/o American Jew, Leonard Schleifer has been the CEO of the company he founded, Regeneron Pharma since 1988. Marc Benioff, Salesforce: $439.4 billionĥ7 y/o American Jew, Marc Benioff has been the CEO of Salesforce, the company he co-founded since 1999. He is also the executive chairman of the company. Satya Nadella, Microsoft: $309.4 millionĥ4 y/o Indian, Satya Nadella has been the CEO of Microsoft since 2014 when Steve Ballmer stepped down. Kotick, Activision Blizzard: $296.7 millionĥ9 y/o Robert A Kotick became the CEO of world’s most renowned gaming company Blizzard in 1991. Tan, Broadcom: $288 millionħ0 y/o Malaysian Chinese, Hock E Tan became the CEO of Broadcom in 2015. After CEO Mark Hurd stepped down in 2019, Catz stepped up. In 2011, she became the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Catz joined Oracle in 1999 as a Senior Vice President. Catz, Oracle: $239.5 millionĪ former banker, 60 y/o American Isrealite, Safra A. Here are the top 10 who take home the highest package on the planet. The company analysed pay packages of 280 fortune's 500 CEOs. Besides salary, bonuses, perks, incentives, stock options etc were taken into consideration too. The top 10 highest paid CEOs of the Fortune 500 įortune has not taken into consideration the unexercised option’s value for calculation of total compensation. Satya Nadella, the boss at Microsoft, features in the list along with Apple’s cofounder and current CEO Tim Cook! Barring one in the list (Pharmaceuticals) the rest 9 are hardcore tech including an OTT and a gaming tech company! Pretty much sums up what you should pursue in academia for a career that mints moolah! However the top ten list comprises CEOs from tech behemoths in the silicon valley. Of course the whimsical billionaire, Tesla chief Elon Musk features at the top of the pecking order. No surprise there, the world's richest men are the highest paid ones.

Biz mag Fortune has released its annual highest paid CEO report for 2022.

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