Saudi Arabia’s megadevelopment Neom is paying senior executives roughly $1.1 million each annually, according to an internal Neom document, showing how the kingdom is using large pay packages to lure global talent to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s national transformation plan. Neom is the most ambitious project in Saudi Arabia and one of dozens of…
Once extremely rare, there has been a significant increase in CEO pay packages of more than $100M in the last two years among Russell 3000 (R3000) companies. These mega executive compensation deals were almost non-existent just five years ago, with none in 2012 to a high of 16 in 2020. Over the past decade, the…
The number of CEOs in the Russell 3000 making more than $100 million in total compensation has spiked over the past two years, according to data from public company intelligence provider MyLogIQ. For 2021, 15 such compensation plans have been disclosed in proxy statements thus far, led by automated digital marketing company The Trade Desk…
Fifteen pharma and biotech CEOs made more than $25 million in 2021 according to data provided exclusively to Business Insider from the research firm MyLogIQ. 2021 was a boom time for pharma, with record levels of IPOs and funding. CEOs also took advantage, bringing in pay packages as high as $380 million for the year.
Using the CompanyIQ® executive compensation database, we examine executive pay, including a breakdown of equity and CEO pay ratios, in the biopharma industry. Specifically, we analyzed a CompanyIQ® dataset for fiscal year 2021 that included all Value Reporting Foundation (VRF, formerly Sustainability Accounting Standards Board—SASB) designated companies in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals industry within the…
Big U.S. companies are doling out one-time awards to executives in an effort to retain high-performing leaders amid record employee turnover and reward them for managing through a couple tough years. Retention awards, provided in addition to standard compensation plans, are a focus of companies’ pay disclosures this year as concerns about the tight labor…
Equity compensation, comprising grants of stock awards and stock option awards, is the largest component of CEO pay at S&P 500 companies. Boards align the incentives of CEOs with shareholders through shared stock ownership and stock performance goals. In 2021, 71% of S&P 500 CEO pay packages was awarded in equity compensation–an increase of seven…
The median pay package for C.E.O.s of the biggest U.S. companies reached nearly $15 million last year, setting a record for the sixth consecutive year. Total compensation rose at least 12 percent for most executives, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from MyLogIQ LLC.
Using CompanyIQ® executive compensation data, this report analyzes long-term incentive plans for S&P 500 CEOs from 2019-2021. Key findings include: Roughly 80% of S&P 500 companies employed performance-based LTI awards from 2019 to 2021. The prevalence of performance periods in the range of two to four years declined from 93.4% of LTI metrics in 2019…
The median pay package for chief executives of the biggest U.S. companies reached $14.7 million in 2021, setting a sixth-straight annual record as strong profits and robust markets boosted performance measures. Total compensation rose by at least 12% for most of the executives, and most companies recorded annual shareholder returns of nearly 30%, according to…