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August 22, 2025

15 Employees of University of Texas Take Home $140 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

15 employees of the University of Texas Texas A & M Investment Management Company or UTMCO, the tax exempt, non profit organization whose mission is to manage the $45 billion endowment (as of 2023) of the University of Texas which is also known as “UT” (note:  UT Austin is the flagship school of the University of Texas system which includes 13 UT institutions, that has about 52,000 students (42,000 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate) where tuition, room and board for in-state students total approximately $35,000 annually while out-of-state students pay approximately $70,000 for tuition, room and board) received $140 million in compensation from 2018-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2018-2022 but not in 2023 are not included):

Thomas Britton Harris IV:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $28 million

  • 2023:  $6,099,562
  • 2022:  $7,055,774
  • 2021:  $6,512,442
  • 2020:  $4,313,756
  • 2019:  $3,216,078
  • 2018:  $  873,225

Richard L Hall:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $18 million

  • 2023:  $3,379,599
  • 2022:  $5,018,939
  • 2021:  $4,019,742
  • 2020:  $2,672,369
  • 2019:  $3,091,712

Rodney R Ruebsahm:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $12 million

  • 2023:  $1,667,052
  • 2022:  $2,461,273
  • 2021:  $1,975,033
  • 2020:  $1,672,959
  • 2019:  $1,603,445
  • 2018:  $  873,225
  • 2017:  $1,490,009

Susan Chen:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $12 million

  • 2023:  $1,411,708
  • 2022:  $2,218,155
  • 2021:  $2,018,593
  • 2020:  $1,738,450
  • 2019:  $1,594,967
  • 2018:  $1,478,438
  • 2017:  $1,511,393

Edward Lewis:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $1,410.594
  • 2022:  $1,998,376
  • 2021:  $1,889,748
  • 2020:  $1,575,019
  • 2019:  $1,348,762
  • 2018:  $1,090,484
  • 2017:  $   912,754

Uziel Yoeli:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $1,404,410
  • 2022:  $1,514,779
  • 2021:  $1,298,454
  • 2020:  $1,241,017
  • 2019:  $   907,215
  • 2018:  $  901,976
  • 2017:  $  863,393

Patrick Pace:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $1,334,621
  • 2022:  $1,836,171
  • 2021:  $1,512,242
  • 2020:  $1,079,198
  • 2019:  $  789,965
  • 2018:  $  723,357

James R Kampfe:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $1,307,342
  • 2022:  $1,359,280
  • 2021:  $1,122,724
  • 2020:  $  943,411
  • 2019:  $  906,940
  • 2018:  $  915,277
  • 2017:  $  911,662

Harland Doak:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $1,185,831
  • 2022:  $1,244,512
  • 2021:  $1,067,991
  • 2020:  $1,116,788
  • 2019:  $  880,761
  • 2018:  $  793,523
  • 2017:  $  795,485

Courtney Powers:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $1,080,304
  • 2022:  $1,497,223
  • 2021:  $1,138,734
  • 2020:  $1,001,070
  • 2019:  $  933,355
  • 2018:  $  880,280
  • 2017:  $  871,781

Joan Moeller:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $1,069,984
  • 2022:  $1,085,646
  • 2021:  $1,051,307
  • 2020:  $  975,284
  • 2019:  $  941,418
  • 2018:  $1,517,500
  • 2017:  $  869,649

James Milliken: Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,002,559
  • 2022:  $  968,774

Anthony Cauruso:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,000,267
  • 2022:  $1,112,186

Amanda Hopper:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $  913,219
  • 2022:  $1,324,313
  • 2021:  $1,146,930
  • 2020:  $1,000,890
  • 2019:  $  881,553
  • 2018:  $  822,058
  • 2017:  $  815,620

Mukund Joshi:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $  889,086
  • 2022:  $1,118,113
  • 2021:  $1,024,747
  • 2020:  $  861,617

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