17 Employees of University of Chicago Take Home $135 Million in Compensation

15 of the moshighly 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 $135 million in compensation from 2017-2024 (note:  this list does not include highly compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2023 but not in 2024 including the former chief investment officer, Mark Schmid who received $20 million from 2017-2022):

Robert Zimmer:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $29 million

• 2024:  $4,756,204
• 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

Mark Anderson:  Total Compensation 2023-2024:  $4 million 

• 2024:  $2,999,905
• 2023:  $   702,282

Kenneth Polonsky:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $22 million

• 2024:  $1,095,656
• 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 2023-2024:  $5 million

• 2024:  $2,233,021
• 2023:  $2,389,576

Matthew Tirrell:  Total Compensation 2024:  $2 million

• 2024:  $2,065,736

Maria Hightower:  Total Compensation. 2024:  $1.7 million

• 2024:  $1,657,919

Joanna Rupp:  Total Compensation. 2024:  $1.5 million

• 2024:  $1,504,319

Pradeep Chintagunata:  Total Compensation 2024:  $1.5 million

• 2024:  $1,473,765

David Barclay:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $11 million

• 2024:  $1,154,052
• 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 2022-2024:  $5 million

• 2024:  $1,899,536
• 2023:  $2,125,787
• 2022:  $  777,791

Valluvan Jeevanandam:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $14 million

• 2024:  $1,917,469
• 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 2020-2024:  $9 million

• 2024:  $1,821,375
• 2023:  $1,805,594
• 2022:  $1,783,841
• 2021:  $1,597,079
• 2020:  $1,775,599

James Nondorf:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $7 million

• 2024:  $   967,279
• 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 2022-2024:  $4 million

• 2024:  $   539,218
• 2023:  $1,408,277
• 2022:  $1,544,287

Ivan Samstein:  Total Compensation 2018-2024:  $7 million

• 2024:  $1,937,704
• 2023:  $1,404,762
• 2022:  $  980,011
• 2021:  $  735,759
• 2020:  $  737,708
• 2019:  $  687,554
• 2018:  $  318,447

Madhav Rajan:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $7 million

• 2024:  $1,183,085
• 2023:  $1,380,335
• 2022:  $1,082,323
• 2021:  $1,008,218
• 2020:  $1,069,147
• 2019:  $1,023,350

Mary Francis McCourt:  Total Compensation 2023-2024:  $3 million

• 2024:  $1,639,596
• 2023:  $1,071,139