Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is the world's richest man, made over$10 billion in 2021 which makes him the highest-paid CEO on earth.
Musk has been on the top of the list for four consecutive years. His pay packet mostly has been made from several stock options and this has added$78 billion to his personal wealth which is believed to beabout $269 billion.
The SpaceX CEO's payout is huge that the rest 13 CEOs on the list after Musk make justover half of what he makes, which is a total of$6.3 billion, The Daily Mail reported.
CEO of Rivian AutomotiveRobert Scaringe had an enormous paycheck of$2.3 billion last year but still was way behind Musk.
Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, made about$853 million in 2021 whileCEO/CTO of California-based Lucid MotorsPeter Rawlinson earned$575 million.
CEO of software company C3.aiTom Siebel came in fifth place for earning$343 million while CEO of CotySue Nabibanked$283 million.
CEO of KKR private equity, Joe Bae, earned$279 million in 2021. Meanwhile,CEO of cybersecurity firm SentinelOneTomer Weingarten made$275 million, coming in eighth place.
Number nine on the list was taken byCEO of Palantir TechnologiesAlex Karp, earning$264 million while 10 was taken byCEO of GitLabSid Sijbrandijwith earnings of $263 million.