David D. Smith

2020

In 2020, David D. Smith earned a total compensation of $8.4M as Executive Chairman at Sinclair Broadcast Group, a 7% increase compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Non-Equity Incentive Plan$1,004,637
Salary$1,389,534
Stock Awards$6,000,001
Other$11,400
Total$8,405,572

Smith received $6M in stock awards, accounting for 71% of the total pay in 2020.

Smith also received $1M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.4M in salary and $11.4K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2020, David D. Smith's compensation ranked 1,090th out of 13,090 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Smith earned more than 91.7% of executives.

ClassificationRankingPercentile
All
1,090
out of 13,090
92nd
Division
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
88
out of 772
89th
Major group
Communications
47
out of 231
80th
Industry group
Radio And Television Broadcasting Stations
10
out of 65
85th
Industry
Television Broadcasting Stations
10
out of 42
76th

Pay ratio

David D. Smith's Pay$8,405,572
Median Employee's Pay$55,330
Pay Ratio

152

to 1

In 2020, the annual total compensation of David D. Smith was $8,405,572.

The annual total compensation of the median employee at Sinclair Broadcast Group was $55,330.

The ratio of David D. Smith's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 152 to one.

Source: SEC filing on April 29, 2021.

Smith's colleagues

We found five more compensation records of executives who worked with David D. Smith at Sinclair Broadcast Group in 2020.

2020

Christopher Ripley

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Chief Executive Officer

2020

Jeffrey Krolik

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Former President Regional Sports Networks

2020

Barry Faber

Sinclair Broadcast Group

President / Distribution Network Relations

2020

Robert Weisbord

Sinclair Broadcast Group

President / Broadcast & Chief Advertising Revenue Officer

2020

Lucy Rutishauser

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Chief Financial Officer

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