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May 16, 2022 - 7:24am | By Kyle Cornell
(New York, NY) -- The people running the biggest companies in America are making more money than ever.
The average pay for CEOs of the nation's biggest companies hit a record 14-point-seven million dollars last year, according to the latest analysis by The Wall Street Journal. It's the sixth year in a row that average CEO pay hit a record.
The Journal reports the top 25 CEOs each made more than 35-million dollars last year, including online travel company Expedia's Peter Kern who scored 296-million dollars, making him the highest paid CEO in the country.