Goldman Sachs quietly crowned CEO David Solomon the early 2025 pay leader among Fortune 500 companies with a double-digit percentage raise that puts him above both JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon and Disney's Bob Iger. While not all Fortune 500 companies have released their executive compensation for 2025, banking CEOs like Solomon and Dimon are among the early winners. Still the most eye-popping pay drop may belong to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol, whose 2025
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The video game retailer said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that Cohen would have to grow its market capitalization to $100 billion and it would need to hit $10 billion in cumulative performance EBITDA - or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization - for his award to fully vest. GameStop said Cohen won't receive any guaranteed pay, which it defines as no salary, no cash bonuses, and no stock that simply vests over time.
Elon Musk wants to bring more joy to the world. Writing on X on Christmas Eve, Musk said he was switching up Tesla's "mission wording" from "Sustainable Abundance" to "Amazing Abundance." "The latter is more joyful," he wrote. Musk appeared to be referring to Tesla's latest " master plan," its long-term strategy document. The fourth edition, released this September, contains several mentions of "sustainable abundance" - an idea that Tesla's products and services will "accelerate global prosperity" and create "a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable world."
The 65-year-old executive has long been one of the media's highest-paid leaders, taking home a compensation package of $51.9 million in 2024 alone-even as the company weathered layoffs and strategy turmoil. And earlier this year, Zaslav signed a new contract packed with more stock options that could exceed $420 million in value, with the ultimate payout influenced by whether Netflix's $27.75-per-share cash-and-stock bid or Paramount's hostile $30-per-share cash offer wins out.
Retail is a tough industry where top brands post massive revenue figures, employ hundreds of thousands of people, and chase relatively tight profit margins. And while retail CEOs don't usually see the same rockstar treatment that tech execs enjoy, they are still in high demand. Leaders of these large retail chains are often paid eight-figure compensation packages for managing this complexity, based on Business Insider's analysis of proxy filings over the past year.
Pike Brewing (Seattle, Washington) will close Pike Pub and Pike Fish Bar, both located at the city's iconic Pike Place Market, it announced this week. The locations' final day of service will be November 30. All pints cost $4 until then, Pike shared. The closure comes slightly more than two years after Pike moved its brewing operations to a new facility in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood. That brewery does not have a taproom at the location.
After months of being relatively quiet following his resignation from the Department of Government Efficiency and subsequent fallout with President Donald Trump, Musk slammed proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis. "I just don't feel comfortable building a robot army here and then being ousted because of some asinine recommendations from ISS and Glass Lewis, who have no freaking clue," Musk said. "I mean, those guys are corporate terrorists."
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's total pay package for fiscal 2025 has been confirmed, and the executive earned a total of $96.5 million for the year. That is up 22% from the previous year and represents his highest-ever annual pay. It's a massive multiple over what the median Microsoft worker makes, with the median worker taking home around $200,000. The executive's pay details are coming to light as the company faces scrutiny over its recent Xbox decisions, including layoffs, game cancellations, studio closures, price hikes, and increasing profit-margin mandates. The company as a whole has faced ongoing criticism as well due to its slate of mass layoffs, partnership with Israel, and investments in AI, among other things.
