Apple published its CEO Tim Cook’s salary yesterday.
In a filing for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple said Cook’s compensation stood at $10.2m during 2015, up from the $9.2m he earned in 2014.
Cook’s salary in 2015 was $1.7m and he also owns nearly 3.1 million Apple shares known to be worth $350m.
But don’t let Cook’s multi-million-dollar pay package surprise you, he’s not even close to being the richest tech boss in the world.
Take a look at the 13 tech bosses who earn more than Apple CEO Tim Cook:
1. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO, Amazon
Net worth: $47,800m
2. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg
Net worth: $41,200m
3. Alibaba boss Jack Ma
Net worth: $23,300m
4. Tencent boss Ma Huateng
Net worth: $23,300m
5. AME Cloud Ventures boss Jerry Yang
Net worth: $16,500m
6. Robin Li, co-founder, Baidu
Net worth: $23,300m
7.Liu Qiangdong, founder, JD.com or Jingdong Mall
Net worth: $6,700m
8. LinkedIn boss Reid Hoffman
Net worth: $3,800m
9. Airbnb boss Brian Chesky
Net worth: $3,300m
10. Lenovo boss Yang Yuanqing
Net worth: $1,250m
11.Zhou Hongyi, chairman of the internet security company Qihoo
Net worth: $1,150m
12. Cisco boss John Chambers
Net worth: $1,000m
13. Neil Shen Nan Peng, founding and managing partner, Sequoia Capital
Net worth: $1,000m
14. Tim Cook, CEO, Apple
Net worth: $785m
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