Top 20 Golden Parachute Payments for M&A Deals Completed in 2023
| TName | NEO | Title | Total | Sector |
| Prometheus Biosciences | Mark McKenna | Chair, President and CEO | $220,011,187 | Health Care |
| Qualtrics International | Zig Serafin | CEO | $163,878,452 | Info Tech |
| Oak Street Health | Mike Pykosz | Chairman and CEO | $124,139,481 | Health Care |
| Reata Pharmaceuticals | Warren Huff | Chairman and CEO | $95,567,313 | Health Care |
| Cowen Inc | Jeffrey Solomon | CEO | $76,674,000 | Financials |
| Black Knight Inc | Anthony Jabbour | Executive Chairman | $74,447,941 | Info Tech |
| Signify Health Inc | Kyle Armbrester | CEO | $70,692,252 | Health Care |
| Prometheus Biosciences | Keith Marshall | CFO and Treasurer | $61,216,397 | Health Care |
| Coupa Software | Rob Bernshteyn | Chairman and CEO | $57,062,364 | Info Tech |
| Oak Street Health | Geoffrey Price | Chief Innovation Officer | $54,459,345 | Health Care |
| NexTier Oilfield Solutions | Robert Drummond | President and CEO | $50,050,709 | Energy |
| Prometheus Biosciences | Mark Stenhouse | COO | $48,350,325 | Health Care |
| Radius Global Infrastructure | William Berkman | Co-Chairman and CEO | $48,120,993 | Real Estate |
| Oak Street Health | Timothy Cook | CFO | $46,360,067 | Health Care |
| PDC Energy | Barton Brookman | President and CEO | $46,106,969 | Energy |
| Evoqua Water Technologies | Ron Keating | President and CEO | $40,140,318 | Industrials |
| Reata Pharmaceuticals | Manmeet Soni | EVP and CFO | $39,061,792 | Health Care |
| Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings | Eileen Drake | President and CEO | $38,530,395 | Industrials |
| Life Storage Inc | Joseph Saffire | CEO | $33,984,151 | Real Estate |
| Heska Corp | Kevin Wilson | President and CEO | $31,957,022 | Health Care |
Payment Composition by Sector
| Sector | Cash | Equity | NQDC | Perks | Gross-Up | Other |
| Energy | 20.79% | 78.86% | 0.00% | 0.34% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Financials | 57.05% | 40.63% | 0.59% | 0.73% | 0.00% | 1.00% |
| Health Care | 11.46% | 81.95% | 0.00% | 0.32% | 4.45% | 1.83% |
| Industrials | 21.86% | 77.18% | 0.09% | 0.75% | 0.04% | 0.00% |
| Materials | 33.92% | 65.69% | 0.00% | 0.39% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Real Estate | 20.42% | 73.57% | 0.02% | 0.19% | 5.26% | 0.55% |
| Info Tech | 16.10% | 83.54% | 0.00% | 0.17% | 0.00% | 0.19% |
| Consumer Disc | 29.55% | 69.58% | 0.00% | 0.52% | 0.00% | 0.35% |
| Commun Svcs | 17.05% | 82.40% | 0.00% | 0.55% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Average Payment for CEO's and NEO's by Sector
| AVG CEO Pay | CEOVal | AVG non-CEO Pay | NEO Val | |
| Energy | $30,636,578 | Energy | $11,074,990 | |
| Health Care | $23,563,573 | Health Care | $6,864,036 | |
| Real Estate | $21,647,191 | Commun Svcs | $6,374,581 | |
| Info Tech | $21,272,403 | Real Estate | $5,884,364 | |
| Industrials | $18,947,511 | Info Tech | $5,493,322 | |
| Materials | $18,432,193 | Industrials | $5,199,928 | |
| Consumer Disc | $16,925,715 | Consumer Disc | $5,121,504 | |
| Commun Svcs | $8,886,843 | Materials | $4,667,017 | |
| Financials | $8,316,147 | Financials | $2,772,661 |