Which company’s CEO was paid highest in 2021?
Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern, who earned $296.2 million last year, tops the Associated Press and Equilar’s list of top-paid male and female CEOs in 2021, published on May 26, 2022. Expedia Group is an online travel company that operates Expedia.com, Vrbo (previously HomeAway), Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Travelocity, trivago, and CarRentals.com._x000D_
Who else is on the list?
_x000D_Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav comes in a close second with a yearly compensation of $246.6 million. After ServiceNow’s William McDermott, Apple’s Tim Cook settles for fourth place, with a humble $98.7 million paycheck._x000D_
Are any female CEOs on the list?
_x000D__x000D__x000D_AMD’s (Advanced Micro Devices) CEO Lisa T. Su tops the female CEOs list with a yearly pay of $29.5 million (no. 22 overall), slightly ahead of General Motors CEO Mary T. Barra (no. 23 overall).