STAT+: Who are the richest people in health care right now?
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Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?\u00a0Sign up<\/a>\u00a0to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n Morning. Today, we examine the plush pay packages of health care\u2019s top CEOs in 2024. Also, we discuss Stealth BioTherapeutics\u2019 efforts to rally support behind its Barth syndrome drug, and hear more from the Broad\u2019s David Liu.\u00a0<\/p>\n The biggest companies in health care underwhelmed Wall Street last year, but their CEOs still raked in record pay, an analysis of corporate filings from STAT\u2019s Bob Herman and J. Emory Parker shows. Leaders of 275 firms collected a combined $3.6 billion, with average compensation topping $13 million. And 91 executives earned at least $10 million, the most since 2021, even as the S&P 500 health care index barely budged and biotech stocks slipped.<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nHealth care CEOs cash in despite weak stock growth<\/h2>\n