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What is the average Fortune 500 CEO salary?
By Zippia Team - Jul. 31, 2023
The average salary of a Fortune 500 CEO is $15.9 million per year. The highest-paid Fortune 500 CEO is Elon Musk. In 2021, Musk saw compensation worth around $23.5 billion. He achieved this by exercising Tesla stock options given in a 2018 multiyear moonshot grant.
