Pay / average salary
See how the pay packets of world leaders and CEOs compare to the average salaries in their respective countries. As an example, the table below shows that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earns 680.11 times the average US worker’s salary.
# | Name / Role | Company | Average Salary | Pay / Average Salary | |
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1 | Satya Nadella | Microsoft (USA) | 63,093 | 680.11 | |
2 | Sundar Pichai | Google (Alphabet) (USA) | 63,093 | 665.68 | |
3 | Chuck Robbins | Cisco (USA) | 63,093 | 409.39 | |
4 | Mark Zuckerberg | Facebook (USA) | 63,093 | 357.48 | |
5 | Bob Chapek | Disney (USA) | 63,093 | 356.62 | |
6 | John Donahoe | Nike (USA) | 63,093 | 293.22 | |
7 | Virgina Rometty | IBM (USA) | 63,093 | 278.2 | |
8 | Bob Swan | Intel (USA) | 63,093 | 264.79 | |
9 | James Quincey | Coca Cola (USA) | 63,093 | 255.69 | |
10 | Stephen Easterbrook | McDonalds (USA) | 63,093 | 251.63 | |
11 | Larry Culp | General Electric (USA) | 63,093 | 244.07 | |
12 | Tim Cook | Apple (USA) | 63,093 | 183.15 | |
13 | Oliver Zipse | BMW (Germany) | 49,813 | 106.86 | |
14 | Kinam Kim | Samsung (South Korea) | 39,472 | 91.15 | |
15 | Akio Toyoda | Toyota (Japan) | 40,573 | 87.72 | |
16 | Bernard Arnault | Louis Vuitton (France) | 44,510 | 80.82 | |
17 | Ola Källenius | Mercedes (Germany) | 49,813 | 76.69 | |
18 | Jennifer Morgan | SAP (Germany) | 49,813 | 42.88 | |
19 | Christian Klein | SAP (Germany) | 49,813 | 40.28 | |
20 | Jeff Bezos | Amazon (USA) | 63,093 | 26.66 | |
21 | Larry Ellison | Oracle (USA) | 63,093 | 26.36 |
* Pay refers to total remuneration, which can include bonuses, stock options, pension contributions and other benefits. The CEOs included here head up Interbrand’s top-20 global brands (there are 21 CEOs in this list because Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein are joint CEOs of SAP). Figures were converted from native currencies to GBP, EUR and USD using forex rates at close on 18 March 2020. You can see the full research methodology for Pay Check here.
CEO and world leader pay vs average salaries: fast facts
- Microsoft’s Satya Nadella earns 680.11 times the US average salary – the highest multiplier of any top-20 global brand CEO
- Oracle’s Larry Ellison has the lowest multiplier of any top-20 global brand CEO, earning 26.36 times the US average salary
- The average top-20 global brand CEO earns 214.00 times more than the average worker in their country