Houghton Mifflin Harcourt CEO John Lynch's 2019 pay rises 13% to $4.7M

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reports 2019 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: March 27, 2020

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on March 27, 2020.
In 2019, five executives at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt received on average a compensation package of $2.5M, a 8% increase compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
John J. Lynch, Jr, Chief Executive Officer, received $4.7M in total, which increased by 13% compared to 2018. 53% of Lynch's compensation, or $2.5M, was in stock awards. Lynch also received $1.3M in non-equity incentive plan, $900K in salary, as well as $8K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $78,237 at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Therefore, the ratio of John J. Lynch, Jr's pay to the median employee pay was 60 to one.
Joseph P. Abbott, Jr, Chief Financial Officer, received a compensation package of $2.6M, which decreased by 1% compared to previous year. 54% of the compensation package, or $1.4M, was in stock awards.
Lee R. Ramsayer, Former Executive Vice President/Global Sales, earned $2M in 2019, a 3% decrease compared to previous year.
James P. O'Neill, Executive Vice President/General Manager – Core Solutions, received $1.6M in 2019, which is about the same as previous year.
William F. Bayers, General Counsel, earned $1.5M in 2019, a 3% increase compared to previous year.

Related executives

John Lynch

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Chief Executive Officer

Joseph Abbott

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Chief Financial Officer

James O'Neill

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Executive Vice President/General Manager – Core Solutions

William Bayers

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

General Counsel

Lee Ramsayer

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Former Executive Vice President/Global Sales

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Source: SEC filing on March 27, 2020.