Elon Musk was the highest paid CEO in US, with $1.4 billion compensation in 2023, according to C-Suite Comp. He was followed by Palantir Technologies CEO Alexander Karp ($1.1 billion), Broadcom CEO Hock Tan ($767.7 million), Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong ($680.9 million) and Oracle CEO Safra Catz ($304.1 million). Indian-origin CEO Nikesh Arora ranked 10th with $266.4 million.