Karthik Rao
2021
In 2021, Karthik Rao earned a total compensation of $4.1M as Chief Operating Officer at Nielsen Holdings.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $735,000 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $1,500,004 |
| Salary | $600,000 |
| Stock Awards | $1,200,000 |
| Other | $25,150 |
| Total | $4,058,365 |
Rao received $1.5M in option awards, accounting for 37% of the total pay in 2021.
Rao also received $735K in non-equity incentive plan, $600K in salary, $1.2M in stock awards and $25.2K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2021, Karthik Rao's compensation ranked 3,308th out of 12,415 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Rao earned more than 73.4% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 3,308 out of 12,415 | 73rd |
Division Services | 825 out of 2,290 | 64th |
Major group Business Services | 573 out of 1,533 | 63rd |
Industry group Miscellaneous Business Services | 94 out of 266 | 65th |
Industry Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified | 84 out of 236 | 64th |
Pay ratio
| Karthik Rao's Pay | $4,058,365 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $48,802 |
| Pay Ratio | 83to 1 |
In 2021, the annual total compensation of Karthik Rao was $4,058,365.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at Nielsen Holdings was $48,802.
The ratio of Karthik Rao's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 83 to one.
Source: SEC filing on April 5, 2022.
Rao's colleagues
We found four more compensation records of executives who worked with Karthik Rao at Nielsen Holdings in 2021.