Leslie Moonves
2017
In 2017, Leslie Moonves earned a total compensation of $69.3M as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer at CBS, which was about the same as previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Bonus | $20,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $957,708 |
| Salary | $3,500,000 |
| Stock Awards | $43,695,967 |
| Other | $1,179,048 |
| Total | $69,332,723 |
Moonves received $43.7M in stock awards, accounting for 63% of the total pay in 2017.
Moonves also received $20M in bonus, $957.7K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $3.5M in salary and $1.2M in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2017, Leslie Moonves' compensation ranked 15th out of 14,666 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Moonves earned more than 99.9% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 15 out of 14,666 | 100th |
Division Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services | 2 out of 974 | 100th |
Major group Communications | 1 out of 297 | 100th |
Industry group Radio And Television Broadcasting Stations | 1 out of 85 | 99th |
Industry Television Broadcasting Stations | 1 out of 39 | 97th |
Source: SEC filing on April 6, 2018.
Moonves' colleagues
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