David Knight
2018 - Proofpoint
In 2018, David Knight earned a total compensation of $4.6M as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Security Products at Proofpoint, a 130% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $340,832 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $387,500 |
| Stock Awards | $3,913,284 |
| Other | $655 |
| Total | $4,642,271 |
Knight received $3.9M in stock awards, accounting for 84% of the total pay in 2018.
Knight also received $340.8K in non-equity incentive plan, $387.5K in salary and $655 in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2018, David Knight's compensation ranked 2,234th out of 14,244 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Knight earned more than 84.3% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 2,234 out of 14,244 | 84th |
Division Services | 459 out of 2,374 | 81st |
Major group Business Services | 324 out of 1,566 | 79th |
Industry group Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related Services | 208 out of 962 | 78th |
Industry Computer Processing and Data Preparation and Processing Services | 30 out of 163 | 82nd |
Pay ratio
| David Knight's Pay | $4,642,271 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $138,666 |
| Pay Ratio | 33to 1 |
In 2018, the annual total compensation of David Knight was $4,642,271.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at Proofpoint was $138,666.
The ratio of David Knight's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 33 to one.
Source: SEC filing on April 17, 2019.
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