• The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm, compiled a list of the top-paid CEOs by state for 2020, and Ohio's leader is Kevin Stein of Cleveland-based aerospace company TransDigm Group Inc. His total compensation for last year was $22.1 million, the AP and Equilar report, which is above the $12.7 million median pay for S&P 500 CEOs. The AP said its survey "considered only publicly traded companies with more than $1 billion in revenue that filed their proxy statements with federal regulators between Jan. 1 and April 30." It also included only CEOs who have been in place for at least two years, but it does not limit the survey to companies in the S&P 500, as the AP's general compensation study does. To calculate CEO pay, Equilar adds salary, bonus, stock awards, stock option awards, deferred compensation and other components that include benefits and perks. Topping the list was a Californian Tony Xu of DoorDash, with total compensation of $413.7 million.