Robert J. Thomson
2021
In 2021, Robert J. Thomson earned a total compensation of $23M as Chief Executive Officer at News Corp, a 70% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $523,259 |
|---|---|
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $10,000,000 |
| Salary | $3,000,000 |
| Stock Awards | $9,113,642 |
| Other | $387,944 |
| Total | $23,024,845 |
Thomson received $10M in non-equity incentive plan, accounting for 43% of the total pay in 2021.
Thomson also received $523.3K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $3M in salary, $9.1M in stock awards and $387.9K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2021, Robert J. Thomson's compensation ranked 251st out of 12,415 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Thomson earned more than 98.0% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 251 out of 12,415 | 98th |
Division Manufacturing | 73 out of 5,505 | 99th |
Major group Printing, Publishing, And Allied Industries | 1 out of 31 | 97th |
Industry group Newspaper | 1 out of 9 | 89th |
Industry Newspapers: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing | 1 out of 9 | 89th |
Source: SEC filing on October 25, 2021.
Thomson's colleagues
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