Wendy L. Carlson

Overview 2008 2007 2006

2008

In 2008, Wendy L. Carlson earned a total compensation of $433.8K as Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel at American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, a 19% increase compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Bonus	$22,000
Option Awards	$30,800
Salary	$355,000
Other	$25,954
Total	$433,754

Carlson received $355K in salary, accounting for 82% of the total pay in 2008.

Carlson also received $22K in bonus, $30.8K in option awards and $26K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2008, Wendy L. Carlson's compensation ranked 6,941st out of 9,135 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Carlson earned more than 24.0% of executives.

Classification	Ranking	Percentile
All	6,941 out of 9,135	24th
Division Finance, Insurance, And Real Estate	1,352 out of 2,034	34th
Major group Insurance Carriers	263 out of 306	14th
Industry group Life Insurance	36 out of 44	18th
Industry Life Insurance	36 out of 44	18th

Source: SEC filing on April 30, 2009.

Overview 2007

Carlson's colleagues

We found seven more compensation records of executives who worked with Wendy L. Carlson at American Equity Investment Life Holding Company in 2008.