Allianz: Oliver Bäte climbs into the top 10 highest paid DAX bosses. Allianz increased the basic salaries of its board members by five percent last year.

In 2021, top managers had 52 times earns as much as the average employee. The boards of directors of the 40 DAX companies, including the CEOs, received an average of 3.34 million euros, 8.4 percent less than in 2021. The frontrunner was Deutsche Bank boss Christian Sewing with total compensation of 9.2 million euros.