Lilly CEO Ricks scores big pay bump to $21.3M, beating out other Big Pharma CEOs

Eli Lilly has been through considerable changes over the last several years under CEO David Ricks, and, in 2019, the drugmaker rewarded its helmsman handsomely for its performance.

After earning $17.23 million in total compensation back in 2018, the skipper scored a 23.5% pay bump last year. That increase took his overall compensation for 2019 to $21.28 million, Lilly said in its proxy filing.