Malaysia’s Hock Tan beat out Apple’s Tim Cook, Tesla’s Elon Musk, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to be top paid CEO in America

America’s highest-paid CEO isn’t Apple’s Tim Cook, Tesla’s Elon Musk, or Meta Platforms’ Mark Zuckerberg – it’s Broadcom’s Hock Tan, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) found in an analysis published this week.

The Malaysian-born Tan was awarded US$162 million in compensation last year, but it comes with a catch: he’ll only receive the full amount if his company’s stock hits a…