# List emerges of Australia’s highest paid CEOs… including the little-known number one who earns 500 times an average worker’s salary

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/list-emerges-of-australias-highest-paid-ceos-including-the-little-known-number-one-who-earns-500-times-an-average-workers-salary/
- Published: 2026-07-15T04:51:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-15T05:12:38+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15978349/List-emerges-Australias-highest-paid-CEOs-including-little-known-number-one-earns-500-times-average-workers-salary.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Companies, World

## Key points

- Life360’s Chris Hulls was Australia’s highest-paid CEO.
- His pay reached A$47.7 million in 2025.
- The ranking reignites debate over executive pay gaps.

## Summary

The article reports a new ranking of the highest-paid chief executives at Australian-listed companies, with Life360 co-founder Chris Hulls placed first. It matters because it highlights the scale of executive remuneration in Australia, the growing influence of US-based bosses at ASX-listed firms, and renewed scrutiny of how pay compares with ordinary wages.

- Chris Hulls topped the list with realised pay of A$47.7 million in the 2025 financial year, largely driven by around A$36 million from exercised share options rather than salary alone.
- His earnings were reported as nearly 500 times the average full-time Australian wage, while the average ASX100 chief executive earned about 55 times that benchmark.
- Other leading earners included ResMed’s Mick Farrell on A$35.2 million and News Corp’s Robert Thomson on A$33.6 million.
- Sigma Healthcare’s Vikesh Ramsunder and Macquarie’s Shemara Wikramanayake completed the top five, with Wikramanayake the only woman in the top 20.
- The ranking was compiled by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, which said US-based executives now account for half of the top 10 and noted that, despite some pay measures flattening, bonuses remain widespread.

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