It’s no secret that C-suite compensation has wildly outpaced wage growth for the rest of us working folks, but only one company can take the crown of the highest-paid tech CEO in the US. Based on market cap, you’d expect it to be Microsoft or Apple, but neither Satya Nadella nor Tim Cook breaks the top five.
The highest-paid tech CEO in the US is Alphabet/Google’s Sundar Pichai, who in 2022 earned more in an hour than most of us earn in a full calendar year.