We track exact, filing-sourced pay for 50 chief executives in CEO$ — the Summary Compensation Table total for each, cited to the proxy, never a net-worth guess.
Source: StockTools CEO$computed from our dataVerified 2026-07-10
The highest-paid chief executive in our CEO$ database is Hock Tan of Broadcom, at $205.3 million in fiscal 2025 — every dollar of it from the company’s SEC proxy.
Hock Tan made more last year than the 15 lowest-paid chief executives in our CEO$ database combined — one $205.3 million package outweighing 15 others put together.
Not every CEO is overpaid: the lowest reported package in our CEO$ database is Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, at just $405,111 in fiscal 2024.