Apple's Tim Cook made $98M in 2021 — how that compares to other tech CEOs

$Apple (AAPL.US)$ CEO Tim Cook is flush with cash. The head of the world’s first company to reach a $3 trillion market cap took home a staggering $98.7 million in stock and cash in 2021. That’s a 571% increase in his compensation compared to 2020.

Cook, of course, has seen Apple through a slew of firsts including hitting a market cap of $1 trillion in 2018. Oh, and he also oversaw the release of everything from new versions of the Apple Watch to the company’s expansion into streaming services.

Cook didn’t just take home $98.7 million in cash, though. His base salary for 2021 was $3 million. The bulk of his compensation came in the form of stock awards valued at $82.3 million and $12 million in non-equity incentive compensation.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — $49.9 million total compensation in 2021

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai — $7.4 million total compensation in 2020

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg — $25.3 million in 2020

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy — $35.8 million in 2020, when he was CEO of AWS

Tesla CEO Elon Musk — $0 in 2020

Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings — $34.7 million in 2022