No chief executive officer working in adtech earned more last year than Unity Software’s Matthew Bromberg, according to executive intelligence firm Equilar.

Documents show Bromberg, who started the job in May 2024, received a salary of $534,541, a bonus of $2 million, and stock awards and options worth $49,612,611. The grand total: $52,147,152.

Zeta Global’s David Steinberg received $26.16 million during the same period, making him the sector’s second-highest earner. Like Bromberg, the vast majority of Steinberg’s compensation was paid in company stock.

Both men made more money than typical for someone in their position. Additional figures from Equilar show the median CEO who ran a company listed in the S&P 500 last year received $16.41 million in total compensation. The amount includes salary, bonus, equity awards, and other forms of payment.

When comparing CEO compensation to the median worker’s earnings, Bromberg and Steinberg topped the list once again.

Last year, Bromberg made 403 times more than the median pay of a Unity Software employee. Steinberg’s CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 284:1.

These ratios exceeded the S&P 500 median for 2024. Using companies included in the index as a benchmark, the median gap between chief executive and employee compensation was 197:1.

To generate these findings, Equilar analyzed the filings of U.S. publicly traded companies required to disclose their CEO’s annual compensation and how it compares to their median employee’s total income.