Who Is The Highest Paid CEO in The World?

The tech industry is undergoing a significant revolution with the onset of the artificial intelligence market. In this context, several top leaderships have started to take drastic decisions with regard to workforces.

On that note, let us have a look at the kind of remunerations that are being paid for the top CEOs from across the globe.

Jim Anderson, the CEO of Coherent Corp., is the highest-paid CEO in the U.S. with a total compensation of $101 million in 2024. Coherent is a tech company based in Pennsylvania that makes network and laser system equipment.

Following him is Brian Niccol of Starbucks, earning $95.8 million, and Larry Culp Jr. of General Electric with $87.3 million. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is in fourth place with $79.1 million, while Apple’s Tim Cook stands fifth at $74.6 million.

Other top earners include David Gitlin of Carrier ($65.5M), Nikesh Arora of Palo Alto Networks ($58M), Shantanu Narayen of Adobe ($52.3M), Rajiv Ramaswami of Nutanix ($51.1M), and George Kurtz of CrowdStrike ($46.9M).

Matthew Murphy from Marvel Technology made $45.1 million, and Disney CEO Robert Iger earned $40.6 million. Salesforce’s Marc Benioff made $39.6 million, and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi received $39.4 million. Bryan Hanson from Solventum followed closely with $39.3 million.

The list also includes Charles Robbins of Cisco ($38.2M), Stephen Squeri of American Express ($37.1M), Sasan Goodarzi of Intuit ($36.5M), William Lansing of FICO ($35.3M), and Sumit Singh of Chewy ($35.1M). These numbers reflect their total compensation, including salary, stock, and bonuses.