Roger Ailes
2008
In 2008, Roger Ailes earned a total compensation of $18.4M as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network and Chairman of Fox Television Stations and Twentieth Television at Twenty-First Century Fox, a 69% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Bonus | $1,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $10,000 |
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $4,500,000 |
| Salary | $5,000,000 |
| Stock Awards | $7,669,992 |
| Other | $228,251 |
| Total | $18,408,243 |
Ailes received $7.7M in stock awards, accounting for 42% of the total pay in 2008.
Ailes also received $1M in bonus, $10K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $4.5M in non-equity incentive plan, $5M in salary and $228.3K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2008, Roger Ailes' compensation ranked 95th out of 9,135 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Ailes earned more than 99.0% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 95 out of 9,135 | 99th |
Division Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services | 18 out of 846 | 98th |
Major group Communications | 14 out of 236 | 94th |
Industry group Cable And Other Pay Television Services | 9 out of 38 | 76th |
Industry Cable and Other Pay Television Services | 9 out of 38 | 76th |
Source: SEC filing on August 30, 2010.
Ailes' colleagues
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