See the WSJ’s annual ranking of CEO pay. Compare pay and performance for 400 business leaders during the pandemic, from Tesla’s Elon Musk to GE’s Larry Culp.
Median pay reached $13.4 million for chief executives of the biggest U.S. companies in 2020, setting a fifth straight annual record in a yearMost S&P 500 CEOs got raises of about 5% or more as their companies recorded annual shareholder returns of about 8%, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data fromSee below for the CEOs who made the most and the least, as well as those whose companies delivered the best and worst returns for shareholders.
Most of the companies led by this year’s top earners aren’t typically in the pay stratosphere. Several reflect the winners of the pandemic and its economic turmoil, including videogame maker Activision Blizzard Inc. and biotech giant Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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