The typical compensation package for S&P 500 CEOs rose by nearly 10% in 2024, according to an Associated Press CEO compensation survey. The median pay package for CEOs rose to $17.1 million in 2024, ...

Foreign private issuers (FPIs) have recently faced scrutiny from regulators in the United States. As discussed in a previous Market Edge blog, ...

Elon Musk's stock-fueled gains highlight the booming compensation and wealth gains of CEOs in recent decades.

Ten years ago, just months after announcing his presidential campaign, Donald Trump called sky-high CEO pay “disgraceful,” telling CBS’s Face the Nation in 2015: “You see these guys making enormous ...

The wage gap between CEOs and workers at the lowest-paying firms on the S&P 500 rose by almost 13% between 2019 and 2024, an analysis released Thursday shows, with CEO pay rising more than twice as ...

Average CEO pay, including stock awards and options, at the top 350 U.S. companies was $22.98 million in 2024, an analysis by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute showed — a nearly 6% increase ...

Andrew Kessel was a breaking news writer for Investopedia until October 2025. He previously covered markets for Proactive Investors, with a focus on small-cap stocks in fintech, healthcare, mining, ...

The Business Journal considers CEO pay to be the total compensation figure from the summary compensation table in each company’s proxy statement or annual report. The restricted stock awards and ...