Of the total, $15.3 million, or 64.6%, went into equity compensation.
Equilar calculated CEO compensation for businesses with annual revenues of $1 billion or greater. Hock Tan, the CEO of Broadcom, had the highest salary of $161.8 million last year.
In 2023, the rated companies yielded a return to shareholders of 13.8%.
Over the past six years, the average annual growth rate of top company CEO compensation has been 8.77%, while average shareholder return has been 12.02%.
source: barrons.com
