In todays time tech company CEOs are both well-known for their business skills as well as astronomical salaries. Companies like Alphabet (the parent company of Google) and Apple are some of the biggest names around the world. Do you know which of their CEOs gets paid more? In this article we compare the salaries of Apples Tim Cook and Alphabets Sundar Pichai providing insight into the salaries of arguably the most successful leaders around the world — a glimpse that may inspire you to pursue the same great levels of success. When it comes to the highest paying CEO salaries Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai is certainly one of the most significant tech leaders in the world. According to Alphabet’s 2023 Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. SEC Sundar Pichai earned a base salary of $2 million in 2022 while his total compensation including stock options and bonuses amounted to approximately $226 million. Based on the Apple Inc. 2023 Proxy Statement Apple CEO Tim Cook received a impressive salary package too. In 2022 Tim Cook received a base salary of $3 million and total compensation (including stock awards and bonuses) of approximately $99.4 million. In the current scenario there isn’t much of a difference between the two. According to a January 2025 report by ABP News both Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai have an annual salary in the range of $70 to $75 million. However in 2022 Sundar Pichai’s earnings were significantly higher than Tim Cook’s mainly due to his stock package which placed him among the highest-paid CEOs in the world.