Eastman Chemical CEO Mark Costa's 2018 pay rises 10% to $16M
Eastman Chemical reports 2018 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: March 22, 2019
Eastman Chemical reported fiscal year 2018 executive compensation information on March 22, 2019.
In 2018, six executives at Eastman Chemical received on average a compensation package of $6.1M, a 15% increase compared to previous year.
Mark J. Costa, Chief Executive Officer, received $16M in total, which increased by 10% compared to 2017. 61% of Costa's compensation, or $9.6M, was in stock awards. Costa also received $186K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $1.5M in non-equity incentive plan, $2.9M in option awards, $1.2M in salary, as well as $373K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2018, the median employee pay was $89,284 at Eastman Chemical. Therefore, the ratio of Mark J. Costa's pay to the median employee pay was 178 to one.
Curtis E. Espeland, Chief Financial Officer, received a compensation package of $5.6M, which increased by 32% compared to previous year. 59% of the compensation package, or $3.3M, was in stock awards.
Lucian Boldea, Senior Vice President, Additives & Functional Products, earned $4.9M in 2018, a 81% increase compared to previous year.
Brad A. Lich, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, received $4.4M in 2018, which increases by 7% compared to 2017.
David A. Golden, Secretary, earned $2.9M in 2018, a 12% increase compared to previous year.
Stephen G. Crawford, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology &Sustainability Officer, received $2.6M in 2018, which decreases by 25% compared to 2017.
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