The highest paid male and female CEOs in the US in 2021

Expedia CEO Peter Kern was the highest-paid male executive at $296.2 million in the US in 2021. He was followed by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav at $246.6 million, ServiceNow’s William McDermott at $165.8 million, Apple’s Tim Cook at $98.7 million and JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon at $84.4 million. Advanced Micro Devices’ CEO Lisa T Su was the highest-paid female executive at $29.5 million in the US in 2021. She was followed by General Motors’ CEO Mary T Barra at $29.1 million, General Dynamics’ Phebe N Novakovic at $23.6 million, Nasdaq’s Adena Friedman at $20 million and Northrop Grumman’s Kathy J Warden at $19.5 million.