Salary of Top 7 CEOs in United States: The highest-paid CEOs in America 2022 

Who is the highest paid CEO in 2022? From Elon Musk to Satya Nadella, there are so many co-founders and CEOs that have made the United Nations proud. With making it to the Fortune’s 500 list of companies in 2022, these businessmen have created history! 

Here are the highest paid CEO in America 2022:

1. Elon Musk, Tesla: $23.5 Billion

Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX and Tesla, topped Fortune‘s new list of the most highly compensated CEOs on the Fortune 500. In 2022, Musk “realized” compensation worth almost $23.5 billion, from exercising some Tesla stock options awarded in a 2018 multiyear “moonshot” grant. Tesla ranked 65 on this year’s Fortune 500 and delivered 936,000 vehicles. An 87% increase that puts the company at the pinnacle of the global EV industry, with a 14% market share.

2. Tim Cook, Apple: $770.5 Million 

Tim has been the CEO of Apple since 2011. In 2022, he earned $770.5 million, mostly as a part of a 10-year grant of shares worth $1.7 billion. But his incredible pay package may be justified by Apple’s stock market performance under Cook: The tech company’s market value during his tenure has increased by $2.2 trillion. Apple ranks 3 on the list of Fortune 500 and finished the year with a gargantuan $95 billion in profits, outperforming every other U.S. company on that front.

3. Jenseng Huang, NVIDIA: $561 Million 

Huang is the co-founder of NVIDIA. It is a software company best known for its Shield gaming consoles and advancements in Artificial Intelligence. It ranked 134 on Fortune’s 500, reflecting the approximately 60x increase in the company’s share price over the [past] decade.

4. Reed Hastings, Netflix: $453.5 Million 

Hastings is the co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Netflix. Netflix ranked 115 on the Fortune 500 with an 18.8% change in revenue. Hastings compensation in 2021 was $40.8 million, with $650,000 in cash and $39.7 million in stock options. 

5. Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: $452.9 million

Schleifer is the co-founder and CEO of Regeneron, a biopharmaceutical company. The company ranked 231 on this year’s Fortune 500 with a revenue rise of 89.1%. Regeneron’s compensation philosophy has always emphasized long-term incentives in the form of stock options and other equity-based awards. 

6. Marc Benioff, Salesforce: $439.4 million

Benioff founded Salesforce in 1999, adopting the marketing slogan “The End of Software.” The cloud-based customer relationship management platform ranked 136 on this year’s Fortune 500. 

7. Satya Nadella, Microsoft: $309.4 million

Microsoft posted a robust 38% increase in profits last year. They earned $61 billion, the fourth-largest sum among Fortune 500 companies. Their revenue rose 17.5% to $168 billion – thanks to a successful Surface laptop and tablet launch. 

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