Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk: No, they're not the highest-paid CEOs, now meet the top-grossers

The three highest-paid CEOs in the US received over $1.7 billion in 2020

PHENOMENAL PAY: The top earners on the Equilar 200 list are often recipients of multi-year equity grants intended to pay out over an extended time period, and 2020 was no different. These awards are reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a total value based on the stock price on the date they are granted, regardless of the time horizon on which they may be earned. Following are the 10 top-grossing CEOs in 2020, based on Equilar list:

COMPENSATION: In most corporations, CEO pay is chiefly awarded through stocks — or the rights to earn shares of company stock — through continued service (time-based) or by meeting targets/benchmarks (performance-based). 

1.  Alexander Karp: $1.098 billion | Company: Palantir Technologies (PLTR) | Industry: Software

2.  Tony Xu: $413.6 million | Company: Doordash (DASH) | Industry: Food delivery

3.  Eric Wu: $370,240,992 Company: Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) | Industry: Real Estate

4. Chad Richison: $211.13 million | Company: Paycom | Industry: Software

5. Joseph Levin: $189,503,132 | Company: IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC) | Industry: Internet/Media (holding company)

6. Robert Kotick: $154,613,318 | Company: Activision Blizzard (ATVI) | Industry: Interactive entertainment content and services

7. Leonard S. Schleifer: $135,350,121 | Company: Regeneron Pharma (REGN) | Industry: Pharmaceuticals

8. Brian Chesky: $120,099,075 | Company: Airbnb (ABNB) | Industry: Internet / Lodging

9. Piotr Szulczewski: $78,191,786 | Company: ContextLogic (WISH) | Industry: e-Commerce

10. Javier J. Rodriguez: $73,432,365 | Company: DaVita (DVA) | Industry: Healthcare

Source: Billionairespress