CEO salaries and executive compensation

Outgoing Walmart CEO Doug McMillon
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Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon out-earns the average American’s salary in less than 20 hours—during a typical 30-minute commute, he’s already made $1,563

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January 9, 2026
goodwin
Commentary

Tesla’s vote wasn’t about pay. It was about who really runs the company

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January 8, 2026
Left: Greg Abel. Right: Warren Buffett.
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Meet Greg Abel, the new boss of Berkshire Hathaway—Warren Buffett’s successor started out by selling empty soda bottles for 5 cents and now he’s a billionaire CEO

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January 5, 2026
Elon Musk adds to his $679 billion fortune after Delaware court reverses its earlier decision and awards him a $55 billion Tesla pay package
Big Tech

Elon Musk adds to his $679 billion fortune after Delaware court reverses its earlier decision and awards him a $55 billion Tesla pay package

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
December 21, 2025
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
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Elon Musk’s wealth has soared past $600 billion—he’s now worth double the next richest person alive, Google’s cofounder Larry Page

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December 16, 2025
Photo of Elon Musk
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Bad luck, six-figure earners: Elon Musk warns that money will ‘disappear’ in the future as AI makes work (and salaries) irrelevant

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December 15, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook
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Apple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days

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December 12, 2025
Gen Z spending
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Older generations bash Gen Z for ‘doom spending.’ But experts say there’s a good reason why people splurge when they’re young

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November 12, 2025
Warren Buffett speaks in front of a microphone. He is in front of a bright teal background.
Investing

‘Envy and greed walk hand in hand’: Warren Buffett casts side eye on Elon Musk-sized pay packages in final send-off

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November 10, 2025
President Trump and Elon Musk
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America’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year—and Trump’s tax policy could give them a new windfall

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November 4, 2025
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman
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Reddit’s CEO has just become a billionaire—a staggering 20 years after co-founding the company fresh out of college with $12,000

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November 3, 2025
Stock futures climb as investors await Supreme Court showdown on Trump tariffs and shareholder vote on Musk’s $1 trillion pay package
Investing

Stock futures climb as investors await Supreme Court showdown on Trump tariffs and shareholder vote on Musk’s $1 trillion pay package

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November 3, 2025
Robyn Denholm speaks in an interview
Big Tech

Tesla board chair begs shareholders to green-light Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package, calling the upcoming vote a ‘critical inflection point’

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October 27, 2025
Elon Musk in the Oval Office with his arms crossed
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Elon Musk defends $1 trillion pay package: ‘I just don’t feel comfortable building a robot army here and then being ousted’

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October 23, 2025
Satya Nadella
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s pay hits a record $96.5 million—he got a 22% pay raise mirroring the $4 trillion tech giant’s skyrocketing shares

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October 22, 2025

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