The Idiot Index

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Executive ExtractionApplied to companies whose primary cost basis is cloud infrastructure and customer-facing operations rather than physical materials. The Markup Ratio carries explicit context that COGS captures non-material inputs.

Executive Extraction in Consumer Internet · FY 2023

25 of 37 companies · highest first
  1. 1
    BKNGBooking
    CEO earns 503× the median worker
    sector median 56.38Top 2%
    502.6
    × CEO / median worker
  2. 2
    PYPLPayPal
    CEO earns 375× the median worker
    sector median 56.38Top 6%
    375.0
    × CEO / median worker
  3. 3
    UBERUber
    CEO earns 292× the median worker
    sector median 56.38Top 10%
    291.9
    × CEO / median worker
  4. 4
    NFLXNetflix
    CEO earns 204× the median worker
    sector median 56.38Top 14%
    204.0
    × CEO / median worker
  5. 5
    GRMNGarmin
    CEO earns 159× the median worker
    sector median 56.38Top 18%
    159.3
    × CEO / median worker
  6. 6
    GDDYGoDaddy
    CEO earns 149× the median worker
    sector median 56.38Top 22%
    149.0
    × CEO / median worker
  7. 7
    EBAYeBay
    CEO earns 135× the median worker
    sector median 56.38Median range
    134.7
    × CEO / median worker
  8. 8
    MTCHMatch Group
    CEO earns 116× the median worker
    sector median 56.38Median range
    115.7
    × CEO / median worker
  9. 9
    YELPYelp
    CEO earns 104× the median worker
    sector median 56.38Median range
    104.5
    × CEO / median worker
  10. 10
    GRPNGroupon
    CEO earns 99× the median worker
    sector median 56.38Median range
    99.43
    × CEO / median worker

Not yet covered (12)

These companies are in the Consumer Internet cohort but don't have a Executive Extraction computed for FY 2023. Either the underlying inputs aren't tagged in their XBRL filings, the DEF 14A pay-ratio narrative didn't parse cleanly, or this fiscal year hasn't been ingested for them yet.

What this measures

Full methodology →

How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.

Ratio
Executive Extraction
Sector
Consumer Internet
Methodology version
v1.0.0
Formula
CEOTotalCompensation / MedianEmployeeCompensation
Sector context

Applied to companies whose primary cost basis is cloud infrastructure and customer-facing operations rather than physical materials. The Markup Ratio carries explicit context that COGS captures non-material inputs.

Required disclosure under Dodd-Frank Section 953(b) since 2018. Filed in DEF 14A proxy statements. The dashboard aggregates the disclosure across the top 50 and ranks.

Source data: CEO total compensation and median employee compensation, both as filed in the company's most recent DEF 14A. When the ratio is XBRL-tagged we use the tagged value; otherwise the narrative disclosure is parsed (~99% accuracy).