Executive Compensation Critics have charged that compensation to top managers in the United States is too high and should be cut back. For example, focusing on large corporations, Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, earned about $59 million in 2019. Are such amounts excessive? In answering, it might be helpful to recognize that superstar athletes such as LeBron James, top entertainers such as Taylor Swift and Dwayne Johnson, and many others at the top of their respective fields earn at least as much, if not a great deal more.