Snap CEO earns $638 mn in 2017, 3rd highest CEO payout ever

Snapchat's parent company Snap's CEO Evan Spiegel received $637.8 million as total compensation in 2017 after the company went public. This is the third-highest annual payout ever received by a company's CEO, according to proxy advisory firm ISS' data arm. Spiegel's payout trails the 2007 and 2008 compensations of US hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management's CEO Daniel Och.