Money | CEOs 4 Execs Make 9 Figures Elon Musk isn't far behind By Arden Dier Posted May 10, 2017 8:25 AM CDT Copied Marc Lore speaks during an interview in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Elon Musk didn't pull in nine figures in 2016—but as the fifth top-earning executive of the year, he was awfully close. Here are the five top-earning business executives of 2016, with their total salary, according to Bloomberg: Marc Lore, CEO of Walmart eCommerce US: $236,896,191 Tim Cook, CEO of Apple: $150,036,907 John S. Weinberg, executive chairman of Evercore Partners: $123,991,055 Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google: $106,502,419 Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla: $99,744,920 Click for the full list or see the highest-paying companies. Read These Next Trump laid a 'trap' for Democrats, and GOP aims to pounce. Men's, women's hockey players stick together after Trump joke. Christina Applegate pulls back the curtain on her real life. Cindy McCain says she's leaving the World Food Programme. Report an error