Tim Cook sits 171st in S&P 500 CEO pay rankings
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Cook, of course, receives the vast majority of his compensation in the form of Apple stock. What you need to know Tim Cook ranks 171st in CEO pay within the S&P 500. New figures from WSJ show he earns just over the median $13.4 million of S&P 500 CEOs. Cook, like Steve Jobs before him, receives most of his compensation from Apple in the form of shares. Apple CEO Tim Cook has ranked 171st in a list of S&P 500 CEO salaries, despite the fact Apple is the most valuable company within the group. From WSJ: Median pay reached $13.4 million for chief executives of the biggest U.S. companies in 2020, setting a fifth straight annual record in a year when businesses and their leaders battled a global pandemic. Most S&P 500 CEOs got raises of about 5% or more as their companies recorded annual shareholder returns of about 8%, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from MyLogIQ. As the report notes `Most CEO compensation packages are predominantly r...