US-based ASX CEOs clear $30m as pay for locals stalls

Jul 15, 2026 – 12.00amThree US-based chief executives of Australian-listed companies are each earning more than $30 million, placing them at the top of the list of highest-paid CEOs and raising the risk that US-style pay inflation will land here, where pay for top executives has stalled for more than a decade.Chris Hulls, the executive chairman and co-founder of the dual ASX- and Nasdaq-listed, Silicon Valley-based family-tracking app Life 360, was the highest-paid chief executive of an ASX-listed company in the 2024-25 financial year on $47.7 million, according to a report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles