"2023 General Counsel Compensation: Rising Pay and Shareholder Friction"
Despite tight budgets and pressure from law firms, top general counsels continue to earn millions of dollars, with the highest paid GC, Aparna Bawa of Zoom, collecting $28 million. The annual general counsel compensation chart reveals that the top ten GCs all earn over $15 million. However, this data only includes GCs from public companies, and private companies are not required to disclose their GCs' compensation.