Much of CEO pay was wrapped up in equity, meaning its value could fluctuate. For the same companies in 2020, the average CEO compensation package sat at $13.4 million. To create the ranking of the 425 featured CEOs, the Journal examined the corporate proxy statements of S&P 500 companies for the fiscal year ending after June 2021 through May 6, 2022.
Here are the 10 healthcare CEOs that were featured:
32. Ari Bousbib of Iqvia Holdings earned $28.62 million
37. Alex Gorsky of Johnson & Johnson earned $26.74 million.
46. Robert Ford of Abbott Laboratories earned $24.91 million.
52. Albert Bourla of Pfizer earned $24.35 million.
54. Richard Gonzalez of Abbvie earned $23.91 million.
81. Robert Bradway of Amgen earned $21.72 million.
86. David Ricks of Eli Lilly earned $21.51 million.
90. Marc Casper of Thermo Fisher Scientific earned $21.23 million.
99. Michael Neidorff of Centene earned $20.64 million.
100. Samuel Hazen of HCA Healthcare earned $20.64 million.
Other healthcare CEOs that made the list of 425 CEOs were Adam Schechter of Laboratory Corporation of America, Joseph Zubretsky of Molina Healthcare and David Cordnai of Cigna.
