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.

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.

The single largest stock grant among the chief executives we track went to Hock Tan of Broadcom: $202.4 million of equity in one year, vesting over time against performance targets.

Broadcom’s CEO Hock Tan can be paid over $200 million in a year he receives a multi-year stock grant — and a tenth of that in the off years. His pay is famously lumpy by design.