Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is at the top of Fortune’s list of highly compensated CEOs. He may soon buy Twitter.
Others, on the other hand, work in the IT and biotech fields. These executives include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings.
Cook was paid $770.5 million in 2021 alone, according to Fortune, as part of a $1.7 billion 10-year stock grant. On the list, he was ranked second. During his tenure, Apple’s market value climbed by $2.2 trillion. As a result, his pay is justified in specific ways. Apple is placed third in the Fortune 500.
