The 25 highest-paid CFOs
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Chief financial officers in North America earn less money on average than their CEO counterparts, but that gap is quickly closing.
A recent study published by The Wall Street Journal found that CFOs are receiving bigger pay hikes year-over-year than CEOs.
The study, conducted by S&P Capital IQ, found that CFOs received a median pay increase of 13.9% with an average pay of $3.8 million. In comparison, large-company CEOs received a bump of 13.5% for an average pay of $13.6 million.
We wanted to take a closer look at CFO pay packages and compiled a list of the highest-paid CFOs using data compiled by FindTheCompany. Our numbers are based on the publicly disclosed total compensation packages for the full year ending December 31, 2014.
Some of the CFOs on this list have retired or moved on to other ventures, but none-the-less their compensation packages in 2014 reveal a good amount of information about CFO pay and its sudden race towards the top of the corporate pay structure. Notably, Ruth Porat, Google's new $70 million CFO is on our list, but not for her work with the Mountain View, California, company.
In 2014, Twitter CFO Anthony Noto was the highest-paid CFO with a total compensation package worth $72.8 million.
While the top 25 CEOs of 2014 earned between $35 million and $156 million, our list of CFOs took home slightly more modest compensation packages valued between $12 million and $73 million.
Scroll down to see the top 25 CFOs.
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