Highest Paid CEOs in Silicon Valley

C-Suite Comp released two lists of the highest-paid CEOs based on two metrics:

1. “total compensation granted" in 2023 and
2. “compensation actually paid."

Compensation Actually Paid

1. Tesla’s Elon Musk - $1.4 billion
2. Palantir Technologies’ Alexander Karp - $1.1 billion
3. Broadcom’s Hock Tan - $767.7 million
4. Coinbase Global’s Brian Armstrong - $680.9 million
5. Oracle’s Safra Catz - $304.1 million
6. Airbnb’s Brian Chesky - $303.5 million
7. TPG’s Jon Winkelried - $295.1 million
8. Trade Desk’s Jeff Green - $291.7 million
9. Applovin’s Adam Foroughi - $271.3 million
10. Palo Alto Networks’ Nikesh Arora – $266.4 million

Palo Alto Networks’ Nikesh Arora – $266.4 million:

• Nikesh Arora, CEO and Chairman of Palo Alto Networks, is the only Silicon Valley executive of Indian origin to be named one of the top 10 highest-paid CEOs in the United States.

• He holds a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (now IIT-BHU) and an MBA from Northeastern University, and an MSc from Boston College.

• He had completed his schooling at the Air Force Public School in Delhi.

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