CEO salaries and executive compensation

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
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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
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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
‘Sad, if not damning’: Cathie Wood blasts the proxy firms who say Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package is just too rich
Investing

‘Sad, if not damning’: Cathie Wood blasts the proxy firms who say Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package is just too rich

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October 20, 2025
This millennial went from being a builder on $5 an hour to launching (and selling) Wingstop UK for $532 million—with zero restaurant experience
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This millennial went from being a builder on $5 an hour to launching (and selling) Wingstop UK for $532 million—with zero restaurant experience

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October 12, 2025
Elon Musk in a black hat and jacket
Big Tech

Battle over Elon Musk’s trillionaire pay package builds as pension funds face off against Tesla

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October 9, 2025
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Before the McLaren CEO got a $50 million payday from his team’s F1 championship, he was a high-school dropout who got his start on Wheel of Fortune

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October 6, 2025
elon musk on stage in front of Tesla signage in red letters
Newsletters

What happens when C-suite pay becomes all or nothing

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October 6, 2025
Axon Enterprise CEO Rick Smith in a dark suit
Investing

More CEOs want Elon Musk–style ‘moonshot’ pay packages—but comp experts are raising alarms

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October 5, 2025
Oracle’s new Gen X and Millennial CEOs get stock options worth $350 million—but they’ll have to keep the stock soaring to collect
C-Suite

Oracle’s new Gen X and Millennial CEOs get stock options worth $350 million—but they’ll have to keep the stock soaring to collect

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September 22, 2025
CEO of $22.5 billion Ramp calls advisors like OpenAI’s Fidji Simo and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella when he needs business advice
C-Suite

CEO of $22.5 billion Ramp calls advisors like OpenAI’s Fidji Simo and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella when he needs business advice

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September 18, 2025
Pope Leo XIV waves
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Pope Leo warns that the world is in ‘big trouble’ if Elon Musk becomes the first trillionaire

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September 15, 2025

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