Tim Cook ranks second on the list of highest paid CEOs after Elon Musk.According to the royal ranking published by Fortune 500, $770.5 million earnings For their performance throughout 2021.

Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. has an outstanding salary package based on productive work in the stock marketIt led to the Cupertino-based tech company’s valuation rising to $2.2 trillion.

it can be said that Last year, Cook “barely” earned $265 million, ranking only eighth on the list.but the stock has been rewarded with prizes, so his second-place finish represents an impressive exponential jump on the Fortune 500 list.

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Tim Cook is the second highest paid CEO according to the Fortune 500

Inside Reasons for Cook’s high management scorethe release of some of the best iPhones, iPads and more, as well as Laying the cornerstone for the transition to silicon with the new MacBook Air with M1 and MacBook Air with M1, and MacBook Pro in 2021, among others.

Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. he put $770.5 million in his c in just one year, primarily as part of a $1.7 billion equity grant. Add to that an incredible salary package, justified by its performance on the competitive Apple stock market led by the tech company’s valuation rising to $2.2 billion.

It should be noted that after Musk, the top 10 Fortune 500 CEOs of 2021 are tech and biotech CEOs, including the presidents of Apple, Netflix, and Microsoft.

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The top ten potions on the Fortune 500 list this year are led by:

1. Elon Musk, Tesla: $23.5 billion as a result of approximately $23.5 billion in compensation in 2021 for exercising certain Tesla stock options granted in 2018.

2. Tim Cook, Apple: $770.5 million as part of a $1.7 billion stock grant and incredible salary package.

3. Jensen Huang, NVIDIA: $561 million. He is the co-founder of a software company known for its advances in Shield game consoles and Artificial Intelligence.

4. Reed Hastings, Netflix: $453.5 million. He is the co-founder, CEO, and president of the streaming giant, transforming the DVD mail delivery service into the sublime of online streaming.

5. Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: $452.9 million. He is the co-founder and CEO of Regeneron, a biopharmaceutical company that produces a variety of drugs that treat asthma, cancer and chronic pain. among others.

6. Marc Benioff, Salesforce: $439.4 million. Founder of Salesforce, a cloud-based customer relationship management platform with the slogan “End of Software” in 1999.

7. Satya Nadella, Microsoft: $309.4 million. Named “Most Underestimated” CEO for the sixth year in a row. During its current tenure, Microsoft posted a solid 38% increase in profits last year, making $61 billion, the fourth largest among Fortune 500 companies.

8. Robert A. Kotick, Activision Blizzard: $296.7 million. In 1991, he became the CEO of Activision, the giant of games such as Call of Duty and World of Warcraft.

9. Hock E. Tan, Broadcom: $288 million. He is the CEO of Broadcom since Avago bought the semiconductor company for $37 billion in 2015.

10. Safra A. Catz, Oracle: $239.5 million. Former banker and Senior Vice President in 1999 and CEO with Mark Hurd in 2014. He became CEO of the famous database software company after Hurd resigned due to health problems.