Elon Musk, world’s richest man, was 2021’s highest paid CEO – As per the Fortune 500, Elon Musk — the world’s richest man — was the top-paid chief executive officer in 2021 with a salary of around $23.5 billion (roughly Rs 1,82,576 crore).
- Followed by, the chief executive officer of Apple Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, who is at the helm of Microsoft, and Reed Hastings, who is the boss of Netflix.
List of top 10 most highly compensated CEOs
| S.N. | Highly compensated CEOs | salary |
| 1. | Elon Musk, Tesla | USD 23.5 Billion |
| 2. | Tim Cook, Apple | USD 770.5 Million |
| 3. | Jensen Huang, NVIDIA | USD 561 Million |
| 4. | Reed Hastings, Netflix | USD 453.5 Million |
| 5. | Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | USD 452.9 Million |
| 6. | Marc Benioff, Salesforce | USD 439.4 Million |
| 7. | Satya Nadella, Microsoft | USD 309.4 Million |
| 8. | Robert A. Kotick, Activision Blizzard | USD 296.7 Million |
| 9. | Hock E. Tan, Broadcom | USD 288 Million |
| 10. | Safra A. Catz, Oracle | USD 239.5 Million |
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