Biggest CEO Pay Package So Far? $835 Million to the Head of an Ad-Tech Firm

Using Company® compensation data, the Wall Street Journal looks at the biggest CEO pay package. Below is an excerpt from the article by Theo Francis. The head of advertising-technology company Trade Desk Inc. received a pay package last year that the company valued at more than $800 million—and which could leave him holding billions of… Continue reading Biggest CEO Pay Package So Far? $835 Million to the Head of an Ad-Tech Firm

This American CEO Made $247 Million Last Year

The amount of money America CEOs make has been called obscene. It is often many hundred times what their employees earn. The trend has been particularly criticized at public corporations that pay people little more than the locally mandated minimum wage. This has included, in the recent past, such operations as McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Walmart.… Continue reading This American CEO Made $247 Million Last Year

This Is the Lowest Paid Fortune 500 CEO in America

The chief executive officers of America’s largest companies have enjoyed pay raises most years for decades. That was interrupted at some public corporations, as the COVID-19 pandemic caused some of them to agree to salary cuts due to a decline in earnings or large layoffs of their workers. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) data… Continue reading This Is the Lowest Paid Fortune 500 CEO in America

How Much Do Top CEOs Make? (Way More Than You)

In the 12 months through March, average hourly earnings soared 5.6% for American workers. Things are going especially well for chief executives. Median pay for CEOS of S&P 500 companies climbed 6% to a record $14.2 million last year from the previous high of $13.4 million a year earlier, according to The Wall Street Journal,… Continue reading How Much Do Top CEOs Make? (Way More Than You)

Roblox Stock Is Down 30% Since Its IPO, but Its CEO Just Got a $233 Million Pay Package

After a late 2021 surge to over $130 per share, Roblox stock has taken a dive in recent months. The gaming platform is now down roughly 30% from its March 2021 initial public offering price to around $48 per share. Poor stock performance didn’t stop the board from rewarding CEO and founder David Baszucki with… Continue reading Roblox Stock Is Down 30% Since Its IPO, but Its CEO Just Got a $233 Million Pay Package

CEO Pay is Skyrocketing as the Average Worker Struggles to Keep Up With Inflation

The rich got richer in 2021, as the median pay for the nation’s CEOs is on pace to set a record this year, up a whopping 19% over the year before. Just one year after many CEOs took pay cuts amid the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, median pay rose to $14.2 million last year… Continue reading CEO Pay is Skyrocketing as the Average Worker Struggles to Keep Up With Inflation

Roblox Awards CEO Pay Package Valued at More Than $230 Million

The boss of Roblox Corp. received a pay package that the videogame company valued at $233 million last year, instantly putting him in the ranks of the country’s top-paid chief executives, a Monday Securities filing showed. David Baszucki, co-founder and chief executive officer of Roblox, had received just $6.8 million in 2020. Most of his… Continue reading Roblox Awards CEO Pay Package Valued at More Than $230 Million