15 Employees at University of Chicago Take Home $109 Million

15 of the highly compensated employees in 2023 at the University of Chicago (a private research university with about 18,000 students – 7,500 undergrads and 10,500 graduate and medical students – in Chicago, Illinois) received $109 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note:  this list does not include highly compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2022 but not in 2023 including the former chief investment officer, Mark Schmid who received $20 million from 2027-2022):

Robert Zimmer:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $24 million

• 2023:  $3,422,939
• 2022:  $3,813,941
• 2021:  $2,449,016
• 2020:  $2,457,634
• 2019:  $6,865,835
• 2018:  $2,371,617
• 2017:  $3,062,736

Kenneth Polonsky:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $21 million

• 2023:  $2,799,083
• 2022:  $3,274,315
• 2021:  $3,009,549
• 2020:  $3,111,160
• 2019:  $3,013,704
• 2018:  $2,744,826
• 2017:  $3,268,315

Andrew Ward:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

• 2023:  $2,389,576

David Barclay:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $10 million

• 2023:  $2,325,034
• 2022:  $2,278,528
• 2021:  $2,121,292
• 2020:  $1,714,773
• 2019:  $1,491,543

A Paul Alivisatos:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

• 2023:  $2,125,787
• 2022:  $  777,791

David Strauss:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

• 2023:  $1,981,323

Matthew Stone:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

• 2023:  $1,874,281

Valluvan Jeevanandam:  Total Compensation 2017-20213:  $12 million

• 2023:  $1,843,268
• 2022:  $1,868,559
• 2021:  $1,766,575
• 2020:  $1,846,847
• 2019:  $1,382,358
• 2018:  $1,456,994
• 2017:  $1,367,716

Luca Vricella:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $7 million

• 2023:  $1,805,594
• 2022:  $1,783,841
• 2021:  $1,597,079
• 2020:  $1,775,599

James Nondorf:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $6 million

• 2023:  $1,433,113
• 2022:  $  862,824
• 2021:  $  789,453
• 2020:  $  815,756
• 2019:  $  748,631
• 2018:  $  686,828
• 2017:  $  635,275

Patrick O’Hara:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

• 2023:  $1,408,277
• 2022:  $1,544,287

Ivan Samstein:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $5 million

• 2023:  $1,404,762
• 2022:  $  980,011
• 2021:  $  735,759
• 2020:  $  737,708
• 2019:  $  687,554
• 2018:  $  318,447

Madhav Rajan:  Total Compensation 2019-20213:  $6 million

• 2023:  $1,380,335
• 2022:  $1,082,323
• 2021:  $1,008,218
• 2020:  $1,069,147
• 2019:  $1,023,350

Sharon Marine:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $5 million

• 2023:  $1,339,819
• 2022:  $  827,236
• 2021:  $  788,926
• 2020:  $  802,213
• 2019:  $  806,518
• 2018:  $  194,185

Mary Francis McCourt:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

• 2023:  $1,071,139