Paycom Software's Richison, AMD's Su among highest paid CEOs

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Published: May 28, 2021 at 8:10 AM

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FILE - This photo combination shows from left, Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick, Lisa Su, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, Regeneron CEO Dr. Leonard Schleifer. Pay packages rose yet again in 2020 for the CEOs of the biggest U.S. companies, even though the pandemic sent the economy to its worst quarter on record and slashed corporate profits around the world. (AP Photo/FILE)

FILE - In this July 7, 2020 file photo, Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick arrives at the morning session of the annual Allen & Co. Media Summit in Sun Valley, Idaho. Pay packages rose yet again in 2020 for the CEOs of the biggest U.S. companies, even though the pandemic sent the economy to its worst quarter on record and slashed corporate profits around the world. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

FILE - In this June 19, 2017 file photo, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, pauses before an American Technology Council roundtable in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington. Pay packages rose yet again in 2020 for the CEOs of the biggest U.S. companies, even though the pandemic sent the economy to its worst quarter on record and slashed corporate profits around the world. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FILE - In this March 2, 2020 file photo, Regeneron CEO Dr. Leonard Schleifer speaks at a meeting with President Donald Trump, members of the Coronavirus Task Force, and pharmaceutical executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington. Pay packages rose yet again in 2020 for the CEOs of the biggest U.S. companies, even though the pandemic sent the economy to its worst quarter on record and slashed corporate profits around the world.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - In this May 1, 2019, file photo Lisa Su, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, attends the opening bell at Nasdaq in New York. Most of the women running the biggest U.S. companies saw their pay increase last year, 2020, even as the pandemic hammered the economy and many of their businesses. Su, topped the list with a compensation package worth $27.1 million. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks during the opening of their contract talks with the United Auto Workers in Detroit. Most of the women running the biggest U.S. companies saw their pay increase last year, 2020, even as the pandemic hammered the economy and many of their businesses. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

FILE- In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House in Washington. Most of the women running the biggest U.S. companies saw their pay increase last year, 2020, even as the pandemic hammered the economy and many of their businesses.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FILE - In this July 19, 2018 file photo, Northrop Grummans CEO Kathy Warden speaks with President Donald Trump during a signing ceremony for an Executive Order that establishes a National Council for the American Worker in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Most of the women running the biggest U.S. companies saw their pay increase last year, 2020, even as the pandemic hammered the economy and many of their businesses.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Here are the highest paid male and female CEOs in the S&P 500 index for 2020, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.

The AP’s compensation study covered 342 executives at S&P 500 companies who have served at least two full consecutive fiscal years at their respective companies, which filed proxy statements between Jan. 1 and April 30. Some companies with highly paid CEOs do not fit these criteria.

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Paycom Software's Richison, AMD's Su among highest paid CEOs