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US CEOs Dominate Australia's Top Pay List | Sydney News
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Chris Hulls, co-founder of Life360, just became Australia’s highest-paid executive with nearly $48 million in 2025 pay — 500x the average wage — as his US-based company goes public on the ASX. This year’s ACSI report reveals a seismic shift: five of the top ten ASX earners are US CEOs — the first time foreign-domiciled firms have dominated half the list. Other US execs like ResMed’s Mick Farrell and News Corp’s Robert Thomson also made the cut, while Australia’s top local earner, Sigma Healthcare’s Vikesh Ramsunder, saw his pay explode thanks to a Chemist Warehouse merger. And here’s the twist: ASX CEOs are more likely to lose their job than their bonus — even when performance doesn’t justify it.
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