Britain's highest-paid chief executives
The pay gap between the CEOs of Britain's biggest companies and their average employee has tripled over the past 15 years, according to a report compiled by the High Pay Centre. Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP is the highest-paid CEO in Britain, having earned a whopping £43 million in 2014. He is followed by Shell's Ben Van Beurden with £19.5 million and Erik Engstrom of Reed Elsevier with £16.2 million. Read more in Statista's latest feature in the Independent.
Highest CEO compensation rates from the biggest U.S. public companies in 2014 (in million U.S. dollars)
Ranking of the highest paid business leaders in the world in 2024, according to the amount of their income (in million euros)
Compensation of the eight highest-paid CEOs of the CAC 40 in 2022 (in millions of euros)
Highest paid national news media executives in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2023 (in 1,000 British pounds)
Ratio between CEO and average worker pay in 2018, by country
Median full time gross weekly pay of the highest paid occupations in the United Kingdom in 2025 (in GBP)
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