The salaries for chief executives often vary with some in the single-digit millions to beyond $25 million. Business Insider explored the salaries of 25 CEOs in the healthcare industry to see how the executives compared in 2018.
Business Insider evaluated compensation packages, which includes salaries, stocks and benefits, along with other incentives.
Below are the pay packages of 25 CEOs, listed in ascending order:
- Allergan CEO Brent Saunders: $6,624,473
- GlaxoSmithKline CEO Emma Walmsley: $7,662,210
- Illumina CEO Francis deSouza: $11,067,566
- Walgreens CEO Stefano Pessina: $13,542,260
- Anthem CEO Gail Boudreaux: $14,184,276
- Bausch Health CEO: $14,741,050
- AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot: $14,780,288
- Molina Healthcare CEO Joseph Zubretsky: $15,219,770
- Humana CEO Bruce Broussard: $16,312,517
- Alexion CEO Ludwig Hantson: $16,490,250
- Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks: $17,230,337
- Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak: $17,585,131
- Merck CEO Ken Fraizer: $17,643,087
- UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann: $18,107,356
- Amgen CEO Robert Bradway: $18,555,266
- Thermo Fisher CEO Marc Casper: $18,607,103
- Cigna CEO David Cordani: $18,944,045
- Pfizer CEO Ian Read: $19,549,213
- Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky: $20,111,045
- AbbVie CEO Rick Gonzalez: $21,271,869
- HCA Healthcare CEO R. Milton Johnson: $21,419,906
- CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo: $21,953,040
- Abbott Laboratories CEO Miles White: $24,254,238
- Gilead Sciences CEO John Milligan: $25,961,831
- Centene CEO Michael Neidorff: $26,122,414