America's highest-earning CEO was awarded a staggering $162 million last year — but there's a catch

• Broadcom boss Hock Tan is the highest-earning CEO in the US, per a Wall Street Journal analysis.
• But Tan has to fulfill certain criteria to get his full $162 million pay package.
• Palo Alto Networks' Nikesh Arora and Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman also have nine-figure compensation packages.

America's highest-paid CEO isn't Apple's Tim Cook, Tesla's Elon Musk, or Meta Platforms' Mark Zuckerberg — it's Broadcom's Hock Tan, The Wall Street Journal found in an analysis published this week.