Travel's Best Paid CEOs: Where They Rank

The pay for a dozen travel company CEOs in the S&P 500 attracted compensation greater than half of their peers in the S&P 500.

How does the compensation of travel CEOs compare with peers in the S&P 500?

The three highest-compensated CEOs of travel and travel-related companies in 2024 were Glenn Fogel of Booking Holdings ($44.8 million), Bob Iger of Disney ($41.1 million), and Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi ($39.4 million), according to the Wall Street Journal’s annual survey of S&P 500 CEO pay.

Fogel ranked 16th among all S&P 500 CEOs, Iger was 19th, and Khosrowshahi was 21st — placing all three in the top 25.

We included Iger and Khosrowshahi in our list. Although Disney is a media and entertainment giant, a substantial part of its revenue comes from its