TOP CEO PAY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS
TTD The Trade Desk, Inc. Jeff Green $834,959,367
HOOD Robinhood Markets, Inc. Vladimir Tenev $796,124,647
LCID Lucid Group, Inc. Peter Rawlinson $565,591,512
RIVN Rivian Automotive, Inc. Robert Scaringe $422,140,679
DNA Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. Jason Kelly $380,742,276
EXPE Expedia Group, Inc. Peter Kern $296,247,749
DISCA Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. David Zaslav $246,573,481
RBLX Roblox Corp. David Baszucki $232,786,391
MQ Marqeta, Inc. Jason Gardner $224,387,431
ZETA Zeta Global Holdings Corp. David Steinberg $216,454,457
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. Andrew Jassy $212,701,169
BHG Bright Health Group, Inc. G. Mikan $180,813,849
VLTA Volta, Inc. Scott Mercer $179,423,048
INTC Intel Corporation Patrick Gelsinger $178,590,400
PTON Peloton Interactive, Inc. Barry McCarthy $168,073,420
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. William McDermott $165,802,037
CORZ Core Scientific, Inc. Michael Levitt $160,695,727
MTTR Matterport, Inc. R.J. Pittman $157,922,193
BRDS Bird Global, Inc. Travis VanderZanden $155,740,116
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. George Kurtz $147,695,746
CEOS are just the top of iceberg when it comes to extreme pay amongst the wealthy. Many other positions will get as as much or more usually. IMO complete government failure doesn’t matter the party. Incentive is important but this extends far far beyond that