Ranked: U.S. CEOs by Total Compensation in 2023

What We’re Showing

According to research from C-Suite Comp, the best-paid CEOs in the U.S. in 2023.

Methodology 

This data covers leaders’ compensation at nearly 4,000 publicly traded U.S. companies. The dataset includes executives’ salaries, bonuses, perks, and stock options, among other factors. It also considers recent changes in the value of current and potential stock holdings.

Key Takeaways

• Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the best-paid, earning about $1.4 billion in 2023
• Second comes Palantir Technologies' chief executive officer, Alexander Karp. The company offers intelligence and defense tools used by the U.S. Armed Forces and data integration and analysis to corporate clients such as Morgan Stanley and Airbus