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October 22, 2026

20 Employees at University of Texas Take Home $170 Million in Compensation

by PP

20 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 $47 billion endowment (as of 2024) 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 55,000 students (44,000 undergraduate and 11,000 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 $170 million in compensation from 2018-2024 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2018-2023 but not in 2024 are not included):

Thomas Britton Harris IV:  Total Compensation 2018-2024:  $31 million

  • 2024:  $2,758,557
  • 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 2019-2024:  $23 million

  • 2024:  $5,340,513
  • 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 2017-2024:  $15 million

  • 2024:  $2,783,465
  • 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 2017-2024:  $14 million

  • 2024:  $2,136,547
  • 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

  • 2024:  $2,007,621
  • 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 2017-2024:  $9 million

  • 2024:  $1,106,496
  • 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 2018-2024:  $9 million

  • 2024:  $2,048,544
  • 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 2017-2024:  $9 million

  • 2024:  $1,016,977
  • 2023:  $1,307,342
  • 2022:  $1,359,280
  • 2021:  $1,122,724
  • 2020:  $  943,411
  • 2019:  $  906,940
  • 2018:  $  915,277
  • 2017:  $  911,662

Courtney Powers:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $9 million

  • 2024:  $1,839,706
  • 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 2017-2024:  $9 million

  • 2024:  $1,069,039
  • 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 2022-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $1,236,039
  • 2023:  $1,002,559
  • 2022:  $  968,774

Anthony Caruso:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $4 million

  • 2024:  $1,623,109
  • 2023:  $1,000,267
  • 2022:  $1,112,186

Amanda Hopper:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $8 million

  • 2024:  $1,408,861
  • 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 2020-2024:  $5 million

  • 2024:  $1,282,643
  • 2023:  $  889,086
  • 2022:  $1,118,113
  • 2021:  $1,024,747
  • 2020:  $  861,617

Kenneth Standley:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $1,176,728
  • 2023:  $  720,176
  • 2022:  $1,064,361

Craig Thomas:  Total Compensation 2024:  $1 million

  • 2024:  $1,110,901

Timothy Jones:  Total Compensation 2023-2024:  $2 million

  • 2024:  $1,096,520
  • 2023:  $  679,419

Carolina DeOnis:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $1,087,096
  • 2023:  $  689,909
  • 2022:  $  894,091
  • 2021:  $  485,579

Kyle Burhop:  Total Compensation 2024:  $1 million

  • 2024:  $1,006,872

Edward Morris:  Total Compensation 2023-2024:  $2 million

  • 2024:  $995,531
  • 2023:  $630,850

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