John W. Thompson
2009
In 2009, John W. Thompson earned a total compensation of $7M as Chairman of the Board of Directors and former Chief Executive Officer at Symantec, a 25% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $2,430,000 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $3,037,417 |
| Salary | $800,000 |
| Stock Awards | $676,495 |
| Other | $81,880 |
| Total | $7,025,792 |
Thompson received $3M in option awards, accounting for 43% of the total pay in 2009.
Thompson also received $2.4M in non-equity incentive plan, $800K in salary, $676.5K in stock awards and $81.9K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2009, John W. Thompson's compensation ranked 422nd out of 9,885 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Thompson earned more than 95.7% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 422 out of 9,885 | 96th |
Division Services | 59 out of 1,466 | 96th |
Major group Business Services | 36 out of 925 | 96th |
Industry group Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related Services | 15 out of 513 | 97th |
Industry Prepackaged Software | 13 out of 266 | 95th |
Source: SEC filing on July 31, 2009.
Thompson's colleagues
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