Robert J. Thomson
2017
In 2017, Robert J. Thomson earned a total compensation of $13.6M as Chief Executive Officer at News Corp, a 20% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $473,630 |
|---|---|
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $4,000,000 |
| Salary | $2,000,000 |
| Stock Awards | $6,706,704 |
| Other | $407,593 |
| Total | $13,587,927 |
Thomson received $6.7M in stock awards, accounting for 49% of the total pay in 2017.
Thomson also received $473.6K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $4M in non-equity incentive plan, $2M in salary and $407.6K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2017, Robert J. Thomson's compensation ranked 354th out of 14,666 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Thomson earned more than 97.6% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 354 out of 14,666 | 98th |
Division Manufacturing | 114 out of 5,772 | 98th |
Major group Printing, Publishing, And Allied Industries | 1 out of 88 | 99th |
Industry group Newspaper | 1 out of 23 | 96th |
Industry Newspapers: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing | 1 out of 23 | 96th |
Source: SEC filing on October 3, 2017.
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