Kansas City Southern CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer's 2019 pay rises 16% to $6.4M
Kansas City Southern reports 2019 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: April 9, 2020
Kansas City Southern reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on April 9, 2020.
In 2019, five executives at Kansas City Southern received on average a compensation package of $2.8M, a 18% increase compared to previous year.
Patrick J. Ottensmeyer, Chief Executive Officer, received $6.4M in total, which increased by 16% compared to 2018. 43% of Ottensmeyer's compensation, or $2.7M, was in stock awards. Ottensmeyer also received $1.8M in non-equity incentive plan, $851K in option awards, $972K in salary, as well as $72K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $48,623 at Kansas City Southern. Therefore, the ratio of Patrick J. Ottensmeyer's pay to the median employee pay was 131 to one.
Jeffrey M. Songer, Chief Operating Officer, received a compensation package of $2M, which increased by 17% compared to previous year. 32% of the compensation package, or $626K, was in stock awards.
Michael W. Upchurch, Chief Financial Officer, earned $2M in 2019, a 15% increase compared to previous year.
Brian D. Hancock, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, received $1.8M in 2019, which increases by 16% compared to 2018.
Michael J. Naatz, Chief Marketing Officer, earned $1.7M in 2019.
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