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AMD's Lisa Su earned more than Bob Iger, Jamie Dimon, and Reed Hastings last year. Here are the 10 highest-paid S&P 500 CEOs.

AMD CEO Lisa Su was the highest-paid S&P 500 CEO last year.

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Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, was the highest-paid CEO of a S&P 500 company last year, according to the annual CEO pay study by Equilar and the Associated Press.

The boss of the microchip giant is the first woman to top the study's rankings since it began in 2011. Her almost $59 million in compensation dwarfed the median pay of $12.3 million, and meant she outearned then-Disney CEO Bob Iger, JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon, and Netflix's Reed Hastings.

Here are the 10 highest-paid S&P 500 CEO last year, according to the study:

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Prologis

Company: Prologis

Total compensation: $30.4 million

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REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Company: JPMorgan Chase

Total compensation: $31.6 million

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REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

Company: Morgan Stanley

Total compensation: $31.6 million

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Michael Seto

Company: Comcast

Total compensation: $36.4 million

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Notes: Comcast was founded by Roberts' father, Ralph.

Reuters

Company: CVS Health

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Total compensation: $36.5 million

Getty/Ethan Miller

Company: Netflix

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Total compensation: $38.6 million

Richard Heathcote / Getty

Company: Adobe

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Total compensation: $39.1 million

Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

Company: Disney

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Total compensation: $45.6 million

Notes: Bob Chapek replaced Iger as Disney CEO in February, but Iger has stayed on as the company's executive chairman to help guide it through the coronavirus pandemic.

AP

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Company: Discovery

Total compensation: $45.8 million

AMD

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Company: Advanced Micro Devices

Total compensation: $58.5 million

Notes: Su received a one-time stock reward that catapulted her to the top of the compensation rankings last year.

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