The company’s CEO-to-employee pay ratio in 2023 was 279.9:1, according to regulatory filings Cigna published March 15.
Here were the company’s five highest-paid executives in 2023:
David Cordani, chair and CEO
- Salary: $1,500,000
- Stock awards: $12,656,213
- Option awards: $3,200,020
- Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $3,300,000
- Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation: $80,585
- Other compensation: $310,437
- Total compensation: $21,047,255
Eric Palmer, executive vice president, enterprise strategy of the Cigna Group and CEO of Evernorth
- Salary: $1,000,000
- Stock awards: $4,640,956
- Option awards: $1,562,541
- Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $1,650,000
- Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation: $16,976
- Other compensation: $58,838
- Total compensation: $8,929,311
Brian Evanko, executive vice president and CFO of the Cigna Group and CEO of Cigna Healthcare
- Salary: $923,077
- Stock awards: $3,852,298
- Option awards: $1,296,909
- Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $1,650,000
- Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation: $15,415
- Other compensation: $57,158
- Total compensation: $7,794,857
Noelle Eder, executive vice president and global chief information officer
- Salary: $770,961
- Stock awards: $2,497,811
- Option awards: $840,982
- Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $1,125,000
- Other compensation: $36,380
- Total compensation: $5,271,134
Nicole Jones, executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel
- Salary: $807,116
- Stock awards: $2,476,811
- Option awards: $833,807
- Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $1,035,000
- Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation: $9,473
- Other compensation: $47,809
- Total compensation: $5,210,016
