Tesla’s latest CEO pay proposal includes a rare governance feature: explicit succession-planning requirements tied to incentive payouts. MyLogIQ data shows that linking CEO succession to compensation remains uncommon, even among large public companies. While most boards view succession as a core responsibility rather than an incentivized metric, Tesla’s approach reflects concerns about leadership continuity amid…
Nearly every S&P 500 company relies on external compensation consultants to guide executive pay decisions—and the market is highly concentrated among a handful of firms. According to MyLogIQ’s CompanyIQ® platform, which tracks executive compensation trends and disclosures, the latest analysis reveals how this critical advisory market has evolved over the past five years. Key Findings…
Shareholders are increasingly resisting outsized CEO pay packages, particularly at companies awarding the largest equity grants. Among the 10 highest-paid CEOs in 2024, several companies failed to secure strong say-on-pay support, signaling heightened investor sensitivity. While average say-on-pay support across the S&P 500 remains high, MyLogIQ data shows that support weakens sharply at companies with…
In 2024, Axon Enterprise CEO Rick Smith emerged as the highest-paid CEO in the United States, earning nearly $165 million — more than leaders at Apple, Blackstone, Starbucks, and other prominent firms. Smith’s compensation was overwhelmingly driven by performance-based stock awards, rather than a traditional salary. According to data compiled by MyLogIQ, Smith’s total pay…
Axon Enterprise CEO Rick Smith topped CEO pay rankings in 2024 with a $165 million compensation package, making him the only S&P 500 CEO to exceed $100 million last year. The award is largely equity-based and tied to long-term performance targets, reflecting broader trends in executive compensation design. Despite record individual payouts, overall CEO compensation…
CEO Pay Rankings 2023: MyLogIQ Data Highlights Record Compensation In the latest Wall Street Journal analysis of CEO pay, Rick Smith, CEO of Axon (maker of the Taser), topped the list with a staggering $165 million in total compensation for 2023. This figure is largely attributed to long-term stock awards tied to ambitious performance milestones….
The new boss at Starbucks came very close. The leaders of Apple and GE were close too. But so far, no CEO has scored a $100 million payday for 2024. If the tally holds, it would be the first time in a decade without a $100 million pay package for a public-company chief executive. Such…
Brian Niccol, Starbucks’s chief executive and chairman, started work at the world’s largest coffee chain last September. He has already been awarded about $96 million, the company said Friday. Niccol’s compensation, detailed in a securities filing, includes buyouts of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares awarded during his six-year tenure leading that chain. While Niccol earned $61,538…
Where CEO pay climbed and performance sank last year Danaher and United Parcel Service were among roughly 60 firms in the Russell 1000 index at which total shareholder return sank last year while their CEOs’ pay climbed, according to data from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s pay-versus-performance disclosures. Less than a quarter of major companies…
CEOs in the S&P 500 earned nearly $8.5 billion in total comp in 2023 — a year in which executive comp spiked compared to 2022. Some of the highest-paid CEOs work at high-profile companies where one might expect eye-popping pay, while others on the list may come as a surprise. …Semiconductor manufacturing company Broadcom Inc….
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