Leslie Moonves
2015
In 2015, Leslie Moonves earned a total compensation of $56.8M as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer at CBS, a 1% decrease compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Bonus | $19,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $421,021 |
| Option Awards | $7,199,999 |
| Salary | $3,500,000 |
| Stock Awards | $25,499,919 |
| Other | $1,152,883 |
| Total | $56,773,822 |
Moonves received $25.5M in stock awards, accounting for 45% of the total pay in 2015.
Moonves also received $19M in bonus, $421K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $7.2M in option awards, $3.5M in salary and $1.2M in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2015, Leslie Moonves' compensation ranked 10th out of 13,638 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Moonves earned more than 99.9% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 10 out of 13,638 | 100th |
Division Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services | 2 out of 1,025 | 100th |
Major group Communications | 1 out of 343 | 100th |
Industry group Radio And Television Broadcasting Stations | 1 out of 87 | 99th |
Industry Television Broadcasting Stations | 1 out of 35 | 97th |
Source: SEC filing on April 7, 2017.
Moonves' colleagues
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