10 Highest Paid CEOs In The World And The Amount They Earn Every Year

The successful people we knew about was not born like that or became one overnight. It takes a lot of courage to put that hard work and dedication and achieve great heights. Here are some of them who climbed the corporate ladder to the top and became the highest-paid CEOs in the world.

1. Tim Cook – Apple Inc.

Tim Cook, an American Business Executive became the CEO of Apple Inc. in 2011 and under his leadership, the revenue and profit of the company doubled and the company’s market value increased from $348 billion to $1.9 trillion. In 2019, he received $133.7 million and most of it came from stock rewards.

2. Elon Musk – SpaceX and Tesla, Inc.

Elon Reeve Musk is one of the richest people on the planet. Born in South Africa, he is a well-known entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder of many companies including Tesla Motors and SpaceX. In 2019, he was paid $595.3 million as the CEO of Tesla Inc.

3. Sumit Singh- Chewy

Sumit Singh is the Chief Executive Officer of Chewy and serves on its Board since 2019. He was declared the CEO in March 2018 and is the highest-paid executive at Chewy. His net worth is $88.1 million and he was paid $108.1 million in 2019 through stock awards and salaries.

4. Thomas Rutledge – Charter Communications

Thomas M. Rutledge is the ex-president and current chairman ad CEO of Charter Communications. His total earning in 2019 summed to $116.5 million, most of which came from stock awards, salary and bonuses.

5. Joseph Ianniello – CBS Entertainment Group

Joseph R. Ianniello is an American media executive. He started his career at CBS in 1997 as Director of Financial Planning but is currently the President and acting CEO of CBS Corporation. Until March 2020, he was the Chairman of the CBS Entertainment Group unit of ViacomCBS. His income in 2019 reached a total of $116.5 million. Perks constituted the greater share in his income followed by stock awards and salary.

6. Jonathan Gray – Blackstone Group

Jonathan Gray is an American Billionaire businessman. He is the President and Cheif Operating Officer of New York-based Asset Management firm – Blackstone Group. Besides this, he also serves as Chairman of Hilton Worldwide. In 2019, his income from interest, stock rewards and bonuses amounted to $107.6 million.

7. Sundar Pichai – Alphabet Inc.

An Indian-American business executive, Pichai Sundararajan is the CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google. In 2019, his income was $86.1 million which mostly came from stock rewards and perks.

8. Satya Nadella – Microsoft

Satya Nadella is the Indian-American business executive who is the CEO of Microsoft Corp. He previously served as the executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise Group too. In 2019, he was paid $77.2 million for his contributions. Most of it came from stock rewards and bonuses.

9. Robert Holmes Swan – Intel Corporation

Robert Holmes Swan is an American business executive who previously served as the CFO of eBay and TRW Inc. In the year 2016, he joined Intel as its Chief Financial Officer and is now the CEO of the company. In 2019, his income was $99 million of which stock awards and option awards constituted the major portion.

10. Douglas Ingram – Sarepta Therapeutics Inc

Douglas S. Ingram is the President, CEO, and board member of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc since 2017. He received his JD from the University of Arizona and his BS from Arizona State University. He sits on Relay Therapeutics’ Board of Directors. Last year, he received a handsome amount of $70.2 million and most of it is from option rewards and bonuses.

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