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August 2, 2025

15 Employees at Duke Took Home $180 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

15 of the most highly compensated employees of Duke University (a private research university with about 17,000 students (11,000 undergrads and 6,000 graduate and medical students) in Durham, NC) in 2023 took home more than $180 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2022 but not in 2023 are not included):

Michael W Krzyzewski:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $59 million

  • 2023:  $ 8,990,914
  • 2022:  $ 7,429,324
  • 2021:  $13,672,554
  • 2020:  $ 7,353,496
  • 2019:  $ 7,044,221
  • 2018:  $ 7,256,924
  • 2017:  $ 7,048,206

David Cutcliffe:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $21 million

  • 2023:  $4,368,849
  • 2022:  $3,024,944
  • 2021:  $2,944,522
  • 2020:  $2,957,001
  • 2019:  $2,784,769
  • 2018:  $2,269,345
  • 2017:  $2,540,928

Neal Triplett:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $25 million

  • 2023:  $4,295,188
  • 2022:  $2,962,992
  • 2021:  $3,429,757
  • 2020:  $3,113,271
  • 2019:  $3,326,710
  • 2018:  $3,925,244
  • 2017:  $3,891,881

Michael Elko:  Total Compensation 2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $3,923,497

A Eugene Washington:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $18 million

  • 2023:  $3,198,754
  • 2022:  $2,732,409
  • 2021:  $2,048,607
  • 2020:  $2,707,031
  • 2019:  $2,761,343
  • 2018:  $2,534,911
  • 2017:  $2,237,766

Vincent Price:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $9 million

  • 2023:  $1,812,047
  • 2022:  $2,011,101
  • 2021:  $1,533,257
  • 2020:  $1,519,990
  • 2019:  $1,393,846
  • 2018:  $1,040,570

William Fulkerson:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,810,062

Evan Jones:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $1,773,701
  • 2022:  $1,403,261
  • 2021:  $1,423,403
  • 2020:  $1,459,067
  • 2019:  $1,242,751
  • 2018:  $1,350,082
  • 2017:  $1,337,320

Justin Nixon:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $9 million

  • 2023:  $1,762,020
  • 2022:  $1,389,882
  • 2021:  $1,329,904
  • 2020:  $1,252,921
  • 2019:  $1,031,285
  • 2018:  $1,056,336
  • 2017:  $  968,631

Jonathan Scheyer:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,711,114

Mark Corigliano:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $1,465,175
  • 2022:  $1,230,102
  • 2021:  $1,166,668
  • 2020:  $1,064,939
  • 2019:  $  756,227
  • 2018:  $  734,142

Daniel Ennis:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $1,360,356
  • 2022:  $1,494,928
  • 2021:  $  826,601

Mary Klotman:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $1,290,073
  • 2022:  $1,255,818
  • 2021:  $  777,927
  • 2020:  $1,203,232
  • 2019:  $1,116,,012
  • 2018:  $  660,896

Kavita Nayar:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $1,213,594

Sally Kornbluth:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $1,028,751
  • 2022:  $1,069,155
  • 2021:  $  916,087
  • 2020:  $  813,008
  • 2019:  $  766,,961
  • 2018:  $  715,916
  • 2017:  $  711,691

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