Economics
This Chinese Pork CEO Was Paid More Than Tim Cook or Elon Musk
- WH CEO’s 2017 pay valued at $291 million in salary and stock
- Wan oversaw the 2013 acquisition of U.S.-based Smithfield
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The highest paid executive of a Hong Kong-listed company last year wasn’t a high-flying financier or real-estate tycoon. It was Wan Long, a former factory manager who helped turn a humble state-owned meat processor into the world’s biggest pork producer -- and in doing so built his own fortune.
Compensation for Wan, chairman and chief executive officer of WH Group Ltd., was $291 million in salary and stock payments last year, according to the company’s annual report.