Cleveland Clinic CEO salary and executive pay
Cleveland Clinic paid its CEO, Tomislav Mihaljevic MD, $9,709,152 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $2,687,350 (38.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $9,680,031,802, up 8.1% from $8,958,297,084 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Cleveland Clinic ranks 22nd of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Cleveland Clinic has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 34-0714585, Independence, OH.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$9,709,152
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Haber MD GEORGES-PASCAL (CEO, CCAD (PART YR)), $2,589,546.
- Total revenue
- $9,680,031,802
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 28%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513189349302136.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 132nd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.10% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's own return. Cleveland Clinic also files a group return that lists many of the same executives; this page uses the Foundation's return only. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Cleveland Clinic Foundation and affiliates (EIN 91-2153073), so the revenue shown here is this return's own, not the whole system's.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 24 people were paid more than $500,000, 20 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Tomislav Mihaljevic MD CEO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO | $9,709,152 |
| Malone Jr MD DONALD AEVP, PRES NEO MKT (PART YR) | $3,459,941 |
| Laraway DennisEVP, CFO & TREASURER | $3,172,796 |
| Hancock DNP RN NE-BC KELLYEVP, CHIEF CAREGIVER OFF & CAO | $2,813,505 |
| Ridgeway MD BERIDIR, EVP ENTERPRISE CHIEF OF STAFF | $2,743,886 |
Also paid on the latest return: Haber MD GEORGES-PASCAL (CEO, CCAD (PART YR)), $2,589,546; Guzman MD JORGE (EVP, PRES NEO MKT (PART YR)), $2,580,319; Svensson MD LARS (INSTITUTE CHIEF - HVTI), $2,491,658; Delaney MD PhD CONOR (EVP, PRESIDENT OF FL MKT), $2,429,446; Rowan David W (SEC, EVP, CHIEF LEGAL OFF (PART YR)), $2,278,133; Strein Stefan (VP, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), $2,229,470; Gillinov MD A MARC (DEPT CHAIR, THORACIC & CARDIOVAS SURGERY), $2,203,236; Lorenz MD ROBERT (PRESIDENT, CLEVELAND CLINIC LONDON), $2,185,271; Chandra PhD ROHIT (EVP, CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER), $2,184,754; Peacock William M (EVP, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS), $2,162,356; Najm MD HANI (CHAIR, PED & CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY), $2,136,727; Hull MD TRACY (PHYSICIAN (RETIREE 2024)), $2,049,244; Erzurum MD SERPIL (EVP, CHIEF RESEARCH & ACADEMIC OFF), $1,414,059; Gordon Deborah (EVP, CLO, SEC (PART YR)), $1,269,043; Falcone MD TOMMASO (EVP, PRES INTL EMERG MKTS (PT YR)), $1,120,687; and 7 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Auletta Patrick V (DIRECTOR (PART YR)), Benz K Michael (DIRECTOR (PART YR)), Crawford Deborah A (DIRECTOR), Fedeli Umberto P (DIRECTOR), Gorsky Alex (DIRECTOR (PART YR)), Gwin Bonnie W (DIRECTOR), Hoover Carole F (DIRECTOR), Ishrak PhD OMAR (DIRECTOR), Kemper RN BETTY J (DIRECTOR (PART YR)), Kilbane Esq CATHERINE M (DIRECTOR), Kohl Stewart A (DIRECTOR), Kramer Richard J (DIRECTOR), Maroone Michael E (DIRECTOR), Mittal Lakshmi N (DIRECTOR (PART YR)), Morino Mario M (DIRECTOR (PART YR)), Nance Esq FREDERICK R (DIRECTOR), Rich Melinda R (DIRECTOR), Ross Mark (DIRECTOR), Schulman Dan (DIRECTOR), Scott Jr Harold Lee (DIRECTOR (PART YR)), Vega Lorraine (DIRECTOR (PART YR)), Waldron John (DIRECTOR), Weinberg Ronald E (DIRECTOR), Mooney Beth E (DIRECTOR, BOARD CHAIR), Petras Jr Michael B (DIR, V CHAIR, FINANCE & BUS DEV), and 1 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Tomislav Mihaljevic MD CEO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO | $9,709,152 | $9,680,031,802 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Tomislav Mihaljevic MD CEO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO | $7,021,802 | $8,958,297,084 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Tomislav Mihaljevic MD CEO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO | $6,256,750 | $7,583,607,049 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513189349302136.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Tomislav Mihaljevic MDDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO | $7,650,847 | $2,058,305 | $7,016,406 | $0 | $634,441 | $2,034,500 | $23,805 | $9,709,152 |
| Malone Jr MD DONALD AEVP, PRES NEO MKT (PART YR) | $1,610,899 | $1,849,042 | $1,370,113 | $0 | $240,786 | $1,831,448 | $17,594 | $3,459,941 |
| Laraway DennisEVP, CFO & TREASURER | $3,127,004 | $45,792 | $3,075,569 | $0 | $51,435 | $24,150 | $21,642 | $3,172,796 |
| Hancock DNP RN NE-BC KELLYEVP, CHIEF CAREGIVER OFF & CAO | $2,157,469 | $656,036 | $1,983,915 | $0 | $173,554 | $636,899 | $19,137 | $2,813,505 |
| Ridgeway MD BERIDIR, EVP ENTERPRISE CHIEF OF STAFF | $1,986,502 | $757,384 | $1,833,668 | $0 | $152,834 | $734,500 | $22,884 | $2,743,886 |
These figures come from Cleveland Clinic's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Cleveland Clinic compares
Ranked 22nd of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 21st, Intermountain Health (IHC Health Services), $9,715,356
- Next in this ranking: 23rd, Orlando Health, $9,439,845
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Providence Health$9,125,384 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
NYU Langone Health$30,286,568 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Hackensack Meridian Health$13,541,590 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Intermountain Health (IHC Health Services)$9,715,356 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$16,481,139 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Tomislav Mihaljevic MD (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $9,709,152 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $7,650,847 from Cleveland Clinic and $2,058,305 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Tomislav Mihaljevic MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $9,709,152.
This is The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's own return. Cleveland Clinic also files a group return that lists many of the same executives; this page uses the Foundation's return only.
Cleveland Clinic paid its CEO, Tomislav Mihaljevic MD, $9,709,152 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $2,687,350 (38.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Tomislav Mihaljevic MD, paid $6,256,750. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $6,256,750 (Tomislav Mihaljevic MD); December 2023, $7,021,802; December 2024, $9,709,152.
Cleveland Clinic's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $9,434,081,551 and total revenue of $9,680,031,802 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $245,950,251. Expenses were $8,518,490,199 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 10.7%. The CEO's pay of $9,709,152 equals 0.10% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Cleveland Clinic filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 14, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.