Tim Cook raises his salary by 18%, but he is not the best paid CEO in the world by far

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, wants to start 2025 on the right foot and has just given himself a Christmas gift. He has decided to grow his bank account by 18%, reaching the sum of 74.6 million dollars (73.13 million euros) in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.

The most curious thing about this increase is that it comes at a striking time for the brand, since it has seen its profits fall for the second consecutive year, mainly due to a fine of 14,000 million euros that it had to pay to Ireland for illegal tax exemptions.

However, It is undeniable to affirm that the apple company continues to be synonymous with profits and success and that is something that its CEO knows perfectly well.. Without going any further, he has increased his stock compensation from $47 million to $58.1 million.

But don’t be fooled by these figures. In the universe of technology CEOs, Tim Cook is practically an intern in terms of salary and there are others who far surpass him.

In the world of the highest-paid tech executives, Apple’s Tim Cook is almost a zero on the left

One of the big protagonists when it comes to salaries is Sundar Pichai, at the helm of Alphabet—Google’s parent company—who pocketed a whopping $226 million in 2023. But be careful because there are more surprises and Stephen Schwarzman, the CEO of Blackstone, he took home $253 million in 2023.

But the real star of exorbitant salaries is none other than Elon Musk. The owner of Tesla, SpaceX and

In 2018, Musk reached the Olympus of CEOs with a bonus of $2,283 million in Tesla stock options.

Despite these figures, Tim Cook does not seem to be very worried about not being on the podium. Apple continues to be the company with the largest market capitalization in the world, and the salary of its CEO is multiplied by 650 than that received by those in charge of running the company. iPhone the top mobile phone every year. Of course, it’s not bad for someone who earns “only” 74.6 million a year

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