Live Nation, Netflix, Paramount Global & Warner Bros. Discovery CEOs Among Most Overpaid Last Year, Says Nonprofit As You Sow

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Media, entertainment and tech companies held their own in the top 25 ranking of overpaid CEOs in 2022 by nonprofit As You Sow.

Live Nation’s Michael Rapino ($139 million pay package) topped the list, which also included Netflix, Paramount Global and Warner Bros Discovery, as well as Charter, Apple and Alphabet.

Overall CEO pay has been front and center this year during a season of record labor unrest from writers and actors to auto workers.

We won’t know 2023 pay for most companies until next spring. The shareholder advocacy group’s ranking of S&P 500 companies, its tenth, is particular as it starts with pay, data that’s been out for months, and calculates what it calls overpay by measuring compensation against three metrics: total shareholder return; the number of shares that are voted against a CEOs pay package at the annual meeting; and the ratio of CEO pay to median worker pay — a gap that has been steadily increasing and is being scrutinized by unions and policymakers.