Tenet CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, has been paid between 189 and 711 times more than the health system’s median employee between 2021 and 2025, according to proxy statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tenet identifies the median compensated employee using total gross wages earned during the calendar year, and pay is annualized for permanent employees who are not employed for the full year.
Dr. Sutaria has served as Tenet’s CEO since 2021. Here is how the CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio has changed since he was named to the role:
2021
- Total CEO compensation: $21,153,671
- Median employee compensation: $55,245
- Ratio: 383 to 1
2022
- Total CEO compensation: $11,047,128
- Median employee compensation: $58,435
- Ratio: 189 to 1
2023
- Total CEO compensation: $18,518,109
- Median employee compensation: $60,633
- Ratio: 305 to 1
2024
- Total CEO compensation: $24,661,553
- Median employee compensation: $60,698
- Ratio: 406 to 1
2025
- Total CEO compensation: $43,108,969
- Median employee compensation: $60,657
- Ratio: 711 to 1
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