Average pay for big company CEOs hit new record of $14.7 million in 2021
The highest-paid CEO last year was Peter Kern, earning $296 million from online travel company Expedia. The second-highest was David Zaslav, who earned $246 million as the head of Discovery.
Warren Buffet, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, earned less than $5 million last year, as did Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
