What CEOs were paid at DFW's 100 largest companies
The Dallas Morning News has released its annual ranking of CEO pay for DFW’s 100 largest public companies (based on fiscal 2022 total compensation as reported in regulatory filings). At No. 1 was Perry A. Sook, Chairman/CEO of Irving-based Nexstar Media Group Inc. His 2022 pay was a whopping $39,318,392. Nexstar is the country’s largest owner of television stations. Here’s where Tarrant County CEOs landed on the list:
#3 – TPG, Inc., John Winkelried $34,087,235
#5 – D. R. Horton Inc., David Auld $29,996,862
#7 – Charles Schwab Corp., Walter W. Bettinger II $24,386,329
#30 – HighPeak Energy Inc., Jack D. Hightower $11,040,713
#36 – FirstCash Inc., Rick L. Wessel $9,836,835
#37 – Sabre Corp., Sean Menke $9,771,335
#49 – Range Resources Corp., Jeffrey L. Ventura $7,930,872
#72 – American Airlines, Robert Isom $4,886,649
#76 – AZZ Inc., Thomas E. Ferguson $4,228,781
#82 – Solo Brands Inc., John Merris $3,002,003
#84 – Forestar Group Inc., Daniel C. Bartok $2,710,839
#88 – GameStop Corp., Matthew Furlong $2,482,709
#91 – Six Flags Entertainment Corp., Selim Bassoul $1,923,775
#96 – CorVel Corp., Michael Combs $1,420,744
#99 – Southland Holdings Inc., Frank Renda $505,398
Footnote: #37 Menke replaced by Kurt Ekert in April 2023. #49 Ventura replaced by Dennis Degner in June 2023. #88 Furlong replaced by executive chairman Ryan Cohen in June 2023.
