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Elon Musk's $158B award highlights soaring CEO pay and widening gap

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Executive compensation in 2025 saw significant increases, with Elon Musk leading the pack by an extraordinary margin due to a reinstated Tesla stock award valued at $158.4 billion. Excluding Musk, median CEO compensation rose 13% to $4.75 million, and the average climbed 26% to $8.96 million. This widening gap between CEO and worker pay, with median ratios reaching 99-to-1, has drawn scrutiny from investors and advocates. AI

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Elon Musk's $158B award highlights soaring CEO pay and widening gap

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Catherina Gioino ·

    Executive pay climbed again in 2025—and the CEO-to-worker gap kept widening

    The gap between CEO and worker pay hit a four-year high in 2025, with median CEO compensation rising 13% to $4.75 million, per new data.

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