Handelsblatt Research Institute: Chief Executive Officers of the Dax Group Significantly Increased Salaries in 2025

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The salaries for the Dax Group's top executives continue to grow strongly. The top earner was SAP CEO Christian Klein again last year – who still had to give up a few million euros.

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Last year, every CEO of a Dax Group earned an average of 6.9 million euros, an increase of 12.9 percent compared to the previous year. The Handelsblatt reports on what the high remunerations are related to.

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The salaries of the CEOs of the top German companies increased by around 13 percent in 2025, mainly due to high special payments. But also because they are increasingly based on the share price.

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Millions of salaries for the bosses of the Dax companies have continued to increase strongly. Who is one of the top earners – and what critics warn of.

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The CEOs of Germany's largest listed companies earned significantly more in 2025 than in the previous year. According to calculations by the Handelsblatt Research Institute (HRI), the CEOs of companies in the leading DAX index received a total of €261.3 million in compensation; this was 12.9 percent more than in the previous year. Salaries had risen by around ten percent in 2024 and by two percent in 2023. In 2022, top managers even had to acce…