Robert J. Thomson
2018
In 2018, Robert J. Thomson earned a total compensation of $13M as Chief Executive Officer at News Corp, a 4% decrease compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $5,197,333 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $2,000,000 |
| Stock Awards | $5,359,907 |
| Other | $420,718 |
| Total | $12,977,958 |
Thomson received $5.4M in stock awards, accounting for 41% of the total pay in 2018.
Thomson also received $5.2M in non-equity incentive plan, $2M in salary and $420.7K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2018, Robert J. Thomson's compensation ranked 439th out of 14,244 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Thomson earned more than 96.9% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 439 out of 14,244 | 97th |
Division Manufacturing | 153 out of 5,765 | 97th |
Major group Printing, Publishing, And Allied Industries | 2 out of 75 | 97th |
Industry group Newspaper | 1 out of 16 | 94th |
Industry Newspapers: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing | 1 out of 16 | 94th |
Source: SEC filing on September 24, 2018.
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