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Leadership

Who runs companies, who is coming and going, and what they are paid: CEO changes from SEC insider filings and Wikidata, 8-K reports of officer and director changes, pay from proxy statements, the richest people and the longest-serving chief executives.

The past year

CEO changes recorded
1,758
8-K reports of officer or director changes
11,028
New CEOs, CFOs, chairs and presidents in six months
1,598
Executives with pay on record
16,761

Latest CEO changes

Newest first; the latest dated Oct 11, 2026.

All CEO changes

Sources: insider filings (Forms 3 and 4) on SEC EDGAR, where a dated start is the first filing that names the person in the role, and appointments recorded on Wikidata. Each row links to its source.

Highest paid

Total pay in the latest fiscal year.

Executive pay
  1. Dylan Field$864.4MFigma Inc, 2025
  2. Shankh Mitra$821.1MWelltower, 2025
  3. Kaz Nejatian$741.1MOpendoor, 2025
  4. Clayton M. Magouyrk$627.5MOracle Corporation, 2026
  5. Robert J. Scaringe$402.6MRivian Automotive, 2025
  6. Niraj Shah$280.8MWayfair, 2025
  7. Michael D. Sicilia$256.6MOracle Corporation, 2026
  8. Manmeet Soni$249.1MSummit Therapeutics, 2025
  9. George Kurtz$247.6MCrowdStrike, 2026
  10. Mahkam Zanganeh$246.0MSummit Therapeutics, 2025

Source: proxy statements (DEF 14A) on SEC EDGAR.

Officer and director changes at large companies

Item 5.02 reports filed in the past 30 days by the most valuable U.S. companies. 691 companies filed one in that time.

All Item 5.02 filings
FiledCompanyMarket valueAlso reportedFiling
Oct 15, 2026AbbVie ABBV$502.0B–8-K
Oct 5, 2026Chevron Corporation CVX$444.3B–8-K
Oct 9, 2026Cisco CSCO$422.2B–8-K
Oct 13, 2026Merck & Co. MRK$355.1B–8-K
Oct 15, 2026Caterpillar Inc. CAT$333.0BOther events8-K
Sep 22, 2026General Electric Co GE$324.9BOther events8-K
Sep 23, 2026Wells Fargo WFC$247.7B–8-K
Oct 1, 2026IBM IBM$223.6BBylaws change8-K
Sep 29, 2026Verizon VZ$183.4B–8-K
Oct 13, 2026Danaher Corporation DHR$158.0BOther events8-K
Oct 5, 2026Eaton Corporation ETN$152.5B–8-K
Oct 5, 2026Phillips 66 PSX$115.7B–8-K

Source: current reports (Form 8-K) on SEC EDGAR. Item 5.02 covers the departure, election or appointment of directors and principal officers, and changes to executive pay plans.

CEO pay and company size

Median pay of chief executives by the market value of their company.

Executive pay
Company market valueCEOsMedian CEO payHighest-paid CEO
Over $200 billion65$27.3M$627.5MClayton M. Magouyrk, Oracle Corporation
$50 billion to $200 billion190$19.4M$821.1MShankh Mitra, Welltower
$10 billion to $50 billion426$13.5M$864.4MDylan Field, Figma Inc
$2 billion to $10 billion801$7.6M$234.5MSanjay Beri, Netskope Inc
$300 million to $2 billion836$4.1M$741.1MKaz Nejatian, Opendoor
Under $300 million956$1.2M$30.6MMark Iwicki, Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc.

Source: the Summary Compensation Table in each company’s proxy statement (Form DEF 14A) on SEC EDGAR. Total compensation is salary, bonus, the grant-date value of stock and option awards, incentive pay, pension changes and other pay for the fiscal year, as the company reports it; it is not what the executive took home that year.

Richest people

Latest net worth estimates on Wikidata, the newest dated Jun 12, 2026.

Full list
  1. Elon Musk$790.0BAs of Jun 12, 2026
  2. Bernard Arnault$207.8BAs of Jan 2024
  3. Jensen Huang$151.0BAs of 2025
  4. Julia Koch$81.2BAs of 2025
  5. Changpeng Zhao$78.8BAs of Feb 2, 2026
  6. Jeff Yass$65.7BAs of 2025
  7. Reinhold Würth$41.3BAs of 2026
  8. Dieter Schwarz$40.6BAs of 2026
  9. Miriam Adelson$37.9BAs of 2025
  10. Marilyn Simons$32.5BAs of 2025

Source: net worth statements (P2218) on Wikidata, most citing the Forbes or Bloomberg billionaires lists. Estimates are as of the date shown, in US dollars.

Longest-serving CEOs

Sitting CEOs of listed companies, by the year they took the job.

Full list
  1. Shigesato Itoisince 1979Hobonichi
  2. Andy Florancesince 1987CoStar Group
  3. Marco Palmierisince 1987Piquadro
  4. Gilad Altshulersince 1990Altshuler Shaham
  5. André Kudelskisince 1991Kudelski Group
  6. Jensen Huangsince 1993Nvidia
  7. Richard Whitesince 1994WiseTech Global Limited
  8. Sunny Verghesesince 1996Olam Group Limited
  9. Zhong Shanshansince 1996Nongfu Spring
  10. Ma Huatengsince 1998Tencent

Sources: insider filings (Forms 3 and 4) on SEC EDGAR, where a dated start is the first filing that names the person in the role, and appointments recorded on Wikidata. Each row links to its source.

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