The average pay of S&P 500 CEOs was $18.8 million in 2021, up 21%.
For As You Sows 100 most overpaid CEOs, the average was up 31% to $38.2 million.
Zaslavs pay package totaled $246 million for 2021, topping the list.
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The ratio of his pay to the median worker pay was 2,972 to 1.
As You Sow breaks out the shares voted by institutions and financial managers.
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Amazons Andrew Jassy and ApplesTim Cookwere No.
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10 on the list with packages of $212.7 million and $98.7 million, respectivey, for 2021.
As You Sow put their overpay amounts at, respectively, $197 million and $83 million.
Jassys 2021 pay included a restricted stock award valued at $212 million that vests over 10 years.
(Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO in the summer of 2021.)
Apples fiscal year ends September 30.
21 with former CEO Bob Chapeks $32.4 million for fiscal 2021 considered an $18.2 million overpay.
Disneys fiscal year also ends in September.
Chapeks pay fell to $24 million for FY 2022.
He exited in November, handing Bob Iger the reins.
Netflix came in at No.
In the streamers case, 77% of reported shares and 73% of institutional shares voted against.
The highest-paid CEOs and the most overpaid, the study noted, often have packages swelled by option grants.
However, repeated grants that vest or are cashed out over time are hard to track.
They are not included in a proxys core compensation table because they were already counted when first awarded.
Under new SEC rules, companies will also need to clarify totaly actual, or realized, pay.
Thats one of a host of additions and changes to formulas the regulator is asking for around pay disclosure.
It must include a companys total shareholder return versus that of its peer group.
Its gained back ground this year.
