This CEO's $148 Million in Pay May Rank Him No. 1 for 2015

Patrick Soon-Shiong's award is highest reported so far
His net worth is $9.8 billion, according to Bloomberg ranking

Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

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By Anders Melin

April 27, 2016 at 6:06 PM UTC

Updated on

April 27, 2016 at 7:40 PM UTC

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NantKwest Inc., a cancer-research firm that went public last year, gave Chief Executive Officer Patrick Soon-Shiong a $147.6 million pay package for 2015, the highest reported by any company so far.

Soon-Shiong’s compensation exceeds that granted Google Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai, who received $100.5 million last year to run the search-engine unit of parent Alphabet Inc.