paid executive lives in US and earns 500 times that of average full
Life360 co-founder Chris Hulls has become Australia's highest-paid executive, earning $48 million in the 2025 financial year. The report highlights a growing trend of US-based CEOs leading Australian-listed companies and receiving significantly higher compensation than their local counterparts.
Why it matters
It raises questions about executive pay disparity and the globalization of corporate leadership within the Australian stock market.
Chris Hulls is the co-founder of Life360 and executive chairman of its board of directors. ( Supplied: Life360 )
Australia's best-paid executive collected almost $48 million in the 2025 financial year, which is about 500 times the full-time average wage.
The average ASX100 CEO earned about 55 times more than the average wage earner in FY2025.
Five out of the top 10 highest earners listed on the ASX are from US-based companies, according to Australian Council of Superannuation Investors research.
Link copied Share Share article American entrepreneur and Life360's co-founder Chris Hulls is Australia's best-paid executive, collecting almost $48 million in the 2025 financial year, which is almost 500 times the full-time average wage.
Mr Hulls, who lives in the United States, is now Life360's executive chairman, having led the company for almost two decades and helping it achieve record results in 2025.
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