SFGATE: Snapchat's Spiegel is highest-paid CEO, made $504M in 2017

Snapchat's Spiegel is highest-paid CEO, made $504M in 2017
Published on May 10, 2018 at 07:47PM by Kif Leswing,

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Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Snap CEO Evan Spiegel was the highest-paid U.S. CEO in 2017, according to a new index. Much of his income came from a huge stock grant that vested when Snap went public in the spring of 2017.  Snap has yet to turn a profit. It lost $720 million last year.  Snap CEO and cofounder Evan Spiegel was the best-paid U.S. CEO in 2017, according to Bloomberg's Pay Index. The messaging mogul beat out highly paid executives from private equity groups, asset managers, Tesla, and Google to score the top spot. He made about $504 million in 2017, according to Bloomberg. Snap had its IPO in 2017 and Spiegel was richly rewarded for it. According to SEC filings, he collected $1.