GoPro CEO Nicholas Woodman's 2019 pay jumps 550,134,900% to $5.5M
GoPro reports 2019 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: April 21, 2020
GoPro reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on April 21, 2020.
In 2019, five GoPro executives received on average a compensation package of $2.4M, a 154% increase compared to previous year.
Nicholas Woodman, Chief Executive Officer, received $5.5M in total, which increased by 550,134,900% compared to 2018. 76% of Woodman's compensation, or $4.2M, was in stock awards. Woodman also received $544K in non-equity incentive plan, $800K in salary, as well as $154 in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $160,222 at GoPro. Therefore, the ratio of Nicholas Woodman's pay to the median employee pay was 34 to one.
Brian McGee, Chief Financial Officer, received a compensation package of $2.2M, which increased by 15% compared to previous year. 50% of the compensation package, or $1.1M, was in stock awards.
Dean Jahnke, Vice President Global Sales, earned $1.5M in 2019.
Sandor Barna, Chief Technology Officer, received $1.3M in 2019, which decreases by 5% compared to 2018.
Eve Saltman, General Counsel, earned $1.3M in 2019, a 9% decrease compared to previous year.