The highest-paid chief executive we track earned about 507× what the lowest-paid one did — Hock Tan of Broadcom versus Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, both from their own SEC proxies.

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.