CEO Compensation @ Top English Proficiency Testing Companies

#pearson#revenue#recent

I've said it before and I'll say it again: it pays to test! Pearson, ETS, Cambridge, etc claim multiple Bs in revenue each year, and I thought I'd take a look at their most recent numbers published on executive compensation.

Company CEO / Leader Most Recent Available Total Compensation
Pearson (PTE) Omar Abbosh £16.35 million (~US$20 m) in 2024
Educational Testing Service (ETS) Amit Sevak ~$1.59 million in 2023
IDP Education Limited (IELTS partnership) Tennealle O’Shannessy ~A$2.48 million (~US$1.6 m) in 2024

ETS is a non-profit, so not quite an apt comparison, but the delta between IDP and Pearson is massive. IDP's revenue of course is dwarfed by PTE, and CEO comp is just .28% of overall revenues versus .43% at Pearson.