Afterpay founders Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar’s record $264 million windfall has topped the ranks of chief executive pay that has been pumped up by bonuses rebounding to new highs, sparking the ire of super fund shareholders.

The triple digit pay packet marks the zenith of the buy now, pay later sector’s remarkable boom which was punctured on Tuesday by the collapse in the valuation of Commonwealth Bank-backed giant Klarna and local BNPL battler Zip terminating its much-hyped merger with ASX-listed rival Sezzle.