The 40 highest-paid CEOs under 40
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It's safe to say that these people don't have to worry about student loan debt anymore.
- By Emily von Hoffmann
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Almost 90 percent of American households make less than $149,999. While many people work their entire lives to climb the corporate ladder of success, some people just climb faster than others.
That's why FindTheCompany, a corporate research site powered Graphiq, found the 40 highest-paid CEOs under 40. The data experts used 2015 data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rank the CEOs by their total reported compensation* for the year 2015; due to the timing of data collection, it's possible that some individuals on our list may no longer be CEOs.
The reported compensation ranges from just under $300,000 to over $8 million, with the highest paid CEO on our list receiving a salary that is an outlier by several million dollars. Several entries on the list are expected, including CEOs from Fitbit, Facebook, Box and Xo Group, although some are from companies without obvious household names. Only one woman, Lynn Jurich of Sunrun, is included in this highest bracket for CEO compensation. Click through our list to explore further.
*These heads of publically-traded companies are required by law to report their compensation. Total compensation is the sum of salary, bonuses, restricted stock awards, security underlying options, long term incentive plan payouts, option awards, non-equity incentive plan compensation, change in pension value and non-disqualified compensation earnings and all other compensation.
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2015 Total Compensation: $275,016
Age: 39
Company: SolarCity
Tenure as CEO: 2006 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $302,765
Age: 38
Company: Caspian Services
Tenure as CEO: 2007 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $310,000
Age: 38
Company: Snap Interactive
Tenure as CEO: 2005 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $322,231
Age: 35
Company: Shopify
Tenure as CEO: 2008 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $328,765
Age: 38
Company: Ballantyne Strong
Tenure as CEO: 2015 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $386,115
Age: 37
Company: Kona Grill
Tenure as CEO: 2009 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $422,449
Age: 35
Company: Magellan Health
Tenure as CEO: 2011 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $435,794
Age: 39
Company: OvaScience
Tenure as CEO: 2011 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $495,753
Age: 36
Company: Sunrun
Tenure as CEO: 2007 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $519,382
Age: 37
Company: Spark Therapeutics
Tenure as CEO: 2013 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $521,555
Age: 37
Company: Miller Industries
Tenure as CEO: 2011 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $525,840
Age: 39
Company: Fitbit
Tenure as CEO: 2007 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $616,000
Age: 38
Company: Assembly Biosciences
Tenure as CEO: 2014 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $695,689
Age: 39
Company: Adma Biologics
Tenure as CEO: 2007 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $750,000
Age: 34
Company: Graham Holdings
Tenure as CEO: 2014 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $752,077
Age: 39
Company: Match Inc.
Tenure as CEO: 2012 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $804,016
Age: 39
Company: Nexvet Biopharma
Tenure as CEO: 2011 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $830,040
Age: 39
Company: Four Corners Property
Tenure as CEO: 2015 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $880,933
Age: 38
Company: Insys Therapeutics
Tenure as CEO: 2007 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $885,000
Age: 38
Company: Ituran Location
Tenure as CEO: 2003 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $926,370
Age: 38
Company: Triumph Bancorp
Tenure as CEO: 2014 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $959,000
Age: 33
Company: Live Ventures
Tenure as CEO: 2011 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $968,933
Age: 38
Company: OFG Bancorp
Tenure as CEO: 2001 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $984,000
Age: 39
Company: Finjan Holdings
Tenure as CEO: 2013 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $992,353
Age: 33
Company: ProQR Therapeutics
Tenure as CEO: 2012 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $1,323,425
Age: 39
Company: Xo Group
Tenure as CEO: 2013 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $1,482,065
Age: 39
Company: Silver Bay Realty Trust
Tenure as CEO: 2012 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $1,562,833
Age: 38
Company: Rightside Group
Tenure as CEO: 2013 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $1,597,271
Age: 36
Company: Triangle Petroleum
Tenure as CEO: 2009 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $1,799,157
Age: 38
Company: DDR
Tenure as CEO: 2007 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $1,978,195
Age: 39
Company: Atlas Resource Partners
Tenure as CEO: 2012 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $2,389,665
Age: 37
Company: Agree Realty
Tenure as CEO: 2006 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $2,782,169
Age: 35
Company: Rice Energy
Tenure as CEO: 2008 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $2,868,000
Age: 39
Company: Era Group
Tenure as CEO: 2012 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $3,616,042
Age: 39
Company: The Rubicon Project
Tenure as CEO: 2007 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $3,793,212
Age: 38
Company: Parsley Energy
Tenure as CEO: 2013 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $4,072,663
Age: 38
Company: Net Element
Tenure as CEO: 2013 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $4,857,791
Age: 34
Company: Sequential Brands Group
Tenure as CEO: 2012 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $5,037,841
Age: 31
Company: Facebook
Tenure as CEO: 2004 - 2015
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2015 Total Compensation: $8,570,000
Age: 35
Company: Glu Mobile
Tenure as CEO: 2010 - 2015
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- By Emily von Hoffmann
Almost 90 percent of American households make less than $149,999. While many people work their entire lives to climb the corporate ladder of success, some people just climb faster than others.
That's why FindTheCompany, a corporate research site powered Graphiq, found the 40 highest-paid CEOs under 40. The data experts used 2015 data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rank the CEOs by their total reported compensation* for the year 2015; due to the timing of data collection, it's possible that some individuals on our list may no longer be CEOs.
The reported compensation ranges from just under $300,000 to over $8 million, with the highest paid CEO on our list receiving a salary that is an outlier by several million dollars. Several entries on the list are expected, including CEOs from Fitbit, Facebook, Box and Xo Group, although some are from companies without obvious household names. Only one woman, Lynn Jurich of Sunrun, is included in this highest bracket for CEO compensation. Click through our list to explore further.
*These heads of publically-traded companies are required by law to report their compensation. Total compensation is the sum of salary, bonuses, restricted stock awards, security underlying options, long term incentive plan payouts, option awards, non-equity incentive plan compensation, change in pension value and non-disqualified compensation earnings and all other compensation.
2015 Total Compensation: $8,570,000
Age: 35
Company: Glu Mobile
Tenure as CEO: 2010 - 2015
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