Rankings

Highest-Paid CEOs 2026 — By Salary & Compensation

CEOs with the highest reported annual salaries and total compensation packages. Data sourced from public SEC filings.

181 profiles matched · updated daily

#	Name	Net Worth	Salary	Company	Country
51	Jeff Sprecher	$1.22B	$19.5M	stock exchanges	United States
52	Mu Rongjun	$1.42B	$18M	E-commerce	China
53	Hilton Schlosberg & family	$4.43B	$18M	Energy drinks	United Kingdom
54	Lee Jay-hyun	$1.20B	$17.7M	food products	South Korea
55	Euisun Chung	$6.12B	$17.5M	Hyundai	South Korea
56	Jeff Tangney	$1.44B	$17.2M	Healthcare IT	United States
57	Amnon Shashua	$1.77B	$15.1M	Automotive technology	Israel
58	Joel Glazer	$2.01B	$15M	Manchester United	United States
59	Chirayu Amin	$1.58B	$14.1M	Pharmaceuticals	India
60	Serge Godin	$2.17B	$13.7M	Information technology	Canada
61	Jon Winkelried	$1.94B	$13.7M	Private equity	United States
62	Mat Ishbia	$6.09B	$13.2M	Mortgage lender	United States
63	Wee Ee Chao	$2.15B	$12M	Banking	Singapore
64	Tiger Woods	$1.49B	$12M	Golf	United States
65	Wee Ee Cheong	$2.75B	$11.8M	Banking	Singapore
66	Cheng Yixiao	$1.70B	$11.6M	Video streaming app	China
67	Zygmunt Solorz	$2.79B	$10.9M	TV broadcasting	Poland
68	Bernard Arnault & family	$142B	$10M	LVMH	France
69	Benoit Dageville	$2.00B	$9.6M	Software	United States
70	George Kurtz	$11.8B	$9.5M	Security software	United States
71	Roger Penske	$11.6B	$8.8M	Cars	United States
72	August Troendle	$4.46B	$8.6M	Pharmaceutical services	United States
73	Timur Turlov	$7.29B	$7.5M	Stock brokerage	Kazakhstan
74	William Lauder	$1.70B	$6.9M	Estee Lauder	United States
75	Michael Xie	$9.02B	$6.6M	Cybersecurity	United States
76	Warren Kanders	$1.10B	$6.5M	Cadre Holdings	United States
77	Ernest Garcia III	$10.7B	$6.5M	Used cars	United States
78	Albert Nahmad	$1.12B	$6.4M	Air conditioning parts	United States
79	Chris Ellison	$1.30B	$6M	Mining	Australia
80	Kwek Leng Beng	$3.87B	$6M	Diversified	Singapore
81	Chung Yong-jin	$2.91B	$5.9M	Retail	South Korea
82	Chung Yong-ji	$1.37B	$5.9M	Biotech	South Korea
83	Li Ge	$10.3B	$5.8M	Pharmaceuticals	United States
84	Vincent McMahon	$3.43B	$5.6M	Entertainment	United States
85	Sam Pollock	$1.69B	$5.3M	Private equity	Canada
86	Jason Murray	$2.79B	$5.1M	Nursing facilities	United States
87	Manoj Upadhyay	$2.17B	$5M	Solar energy	India
88	Klaus-Peter Schulenberg	$3.77B	$4.9M	Ticketing service	Germany
89	Madhusudan Agarwal	$1.72B	$4.8M	Indian sweets and snacks	India
90	Jeffrey Lorberbaum	$1.54B	$4.8M	Flooring	United States
91	Paul Saville	$2.16B	$4.5M	Homebuilder	United States
92	Huang Guanlin	$1.00B	$4.4M	Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd.	China
93	Ken Griffin	$53.0B	$4.1M	Hedge funds	United States
94	Xu Gaoming	$5.27B	$4.1M	Gold and jewelry	China
95	Ronald Clarke	$1.77B	$4M	payments technology	United States
96	Stefan Quandt	$24.2B	$3.8M	BMW	Germany
97	Abigail Johnson	$41.6B	$3.7M	Fidelity	United States
98	Chad Richison	$1.95B	$3.5M	Payroll processing	United States
99	Alain Wertheimer	$39.4B	$3.4M	Chanel	France
100	Ngo Chi Dung	$1.09B	$3.4M	Banking	Vietnam

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About This Ranking

CEO compensation figures represent only the cash salary and reported bonus component of total pay. Most CEO wealth is created through equity appreciation rather than annual salary. A CEO earning $1M/year who holds a 5% stake in a company whose market cap grows from $1B to $100B will gain $5B in equity — dwarfing any salary figure. Salary alone is therefore a poor proxy for the total economic benefit a CEO receives.

All net worth figures are estimated from publicly available data including SEC filings, stock exchange prices, and company financial reports. Rankings are updated daily. Read our full methodology.