We did the math to calculate how many hours it takes America's top CEOs to make what their workers earn in one year
19. Oracle co-CEO Safra Katz took 30 days and 10 hours to earn what a typical employee did in a year.
18. Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang took 4 days and 4 hours to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $13,642,838
Typical employee salary: $155,035
Ratio: 88:1
17. Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi took 3 days and 5 hours to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $17,933,345
Typical employee salary: $157,232
Ratio: 114:1
Intuit noted in their proxy statement that Goodarzi's compensation reflects annualized pay.
16. Costco CEO W. Craig Jelinek took 2 days and 4 hours to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $8,016,200
Typical employee salary: $47,312
Ratio: 169:1
15. Visa CEO Alfred F. Kelly Jr. took 2 days and 4 hours to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $24,265,771
Typical employee salary: $142,494
Ratio: 170:1
14. Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins took 2 days to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $25,829,833
Typical employee salary: $142,593
Ratio: 181:1
13. Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff took 1 day and 23 hours to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $28,391,846
Typical employee salary: $151,955
Ratio: 187:1
Salesforce's other co-CEO Keith Block made $16,961,156 in 2019, meaning it took him 3 days, 6 hours to make what a typical employee did in a year.
12. Apple CEO Tim Cook took 1 day and 20 hours to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $11,555,466
Typical employee salary: $57,596
Ratio: 201:1
11. Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak took 1 day and 13 hours to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $17,796,325
Typical employee salary: $74,206
Ratio: 240:1
10. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took 1 day and 11 hours to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $42,910,215
Typical employee salary: $172,512
Ratio: 249:1
9. Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf took 1 day and 10 hours to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $23,065,052
Typical employee salary: $90,259
Ratio: 256:1
8. ADP CEO Carlos Rodriguez took 1 day and 5 hours to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $19,000,187
Typical employee salary: $63,225
Ratio: 301:1
7. Former Nike CEO Mark G. Parker took 15 hours and 56 minutes to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $13,968,022
Typical employee salary: $25,386
Ratio: 550:1
Note: Parker stepped down as Nike CEO in January 2020 and was succeeded by John Donahoe.
6. Estée Lauder CEO Fabrizio Freda took 12 hours and 34 minutes to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $21,435,428
Typical employee salary: $30,733
Ratio: 697:1
5. Former Accenture Interim CEO David P. Rowland took 10 hours and 43 minutes to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $15,031,875
Typical employee salary: $18,392
Ratio: 817:1
Note: Rowland stepped down as CEO in September 2019 and was succeeded by Julie Sweet. Accenture also provided an alternate estimate of the CEO pay ratio based on a cost-of-living adjustment, as their median employee was based in India. Using that estimate, the ratio was 298:1, and Rowland would have made what the median employee did in 1 day, 5 hours.
4. Disney CEO Bob Iger took 9 hours and 37 minutes to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $47,517,762
Typical employee salary: $52,184
Ratio: 911:1
3. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon took 8 hours and 8 minutes to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $23,618,233
Typical employee salary: $21,952
Ratio: 1,076:1
2. TJX CEO Ernie Herrman took 5 hours and 29 minutes to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $18,822,770
Typical employee salary: $11,791
Ratio: 1,596:1
1. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson took 5 hours and 14 minutes to earn what a typical employee made in a year.
CEO compensation: $19,241,950
Typical employee salary: $11,489
Ratio: 1,675:1
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