Highest-paid CEOs in the U.S. 2021

This graph shows a ranking of the 10 highest-paid CEOs in the United States in 2021. In 2021, Peter M. Kern, CEO of Expedia Group, was the highest-paid CEO with a total annual compensation of 296.75 million U.S. dollars.

Ranking of the highest-paid CEOs in the United States as of 2021 (in million U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Compensation in million U.S. dollars
Peter M. Kern (Expedia)	296.25
David M. Zaslav (Warner Bros. Discovery)	246.57
William R. McDermott (ServiceNow)	165.8
Timothy D. Cook (Apple)	98.73
James Dimon (JPMorgan Chase)	84.4
Jay A. Snowden (Penn National Gaming)	65.89
Hock E. Tan (Broadcom)	60.7
Ronald F. Clarke (FLEETCOR Technologies)	57.92
Thomas M. Rutledge (Charter Communications)	41.8
Reed Hastings (Netflix)	40.82

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May 2022

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United States

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2021

Supplementary notes

Based on S&P 500 that filed proxy statements by the end of April 2020.
Compensation includes information disclosed in company proxy statements including salary, bonus, stock and options valued at grant date, any deferred compensation, and other compensation (including benefits and perks).

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