Thomas P. Koestler
2009
In 2009, Thomas P. Koestler earned a total compensation of $24.6M as Former Executive Vice President and President, Schering-Plough Research Institute at Merck & Co., a 158% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $7,350,899 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $1,607,532 |
| Salary | $730,095 |
| Stock Awards | $1,885,275 |
| Other | $12,987,280 |
| Total | $24,561,081 |
Koestler received $13M in other compensation, accounting for 53% of the total pay in 2009.
Koestler also received $7.4M of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $1.6M in option awards, $730.1K in salary and $1.9M in stock awards.
Rankings
In 2009, Thomas P. Koestler's compensation ranked 31st out of 9,885 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Koestler earned more than 99.7% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 31 out of 9,885 | 100th |
Division Manufacturing | 9 out of 3,690 | 100th |
Major group Chemicals And Allied Products | 6 out of 866 | 99th |
Industry group Drugs | 6 out of 638 | 99th |
Industry Pharmaceutical Preparations | 6 out of 446 | 99th |
Source: SEC filing on April 12, 2010.
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