Nielsen Holdings CEO David Kenny's 2019 pay falls 35% to $13M
Nielsen Holdings reports 2019 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: April 1, 2020
Nielsen Holdings reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on April 1, 2020.
In 2019, five executives at Nielsen Holdings received on average a compensation package of $4.5M, a 36% decrease compared to previous year.
David Kenny, Chief Executive Officer, received $13M in total, which decreased by 35% compared to 2018. 54% of Kenny's compensation, or $7M, was in stock awards. Kenny also received $2.5M in bonus, $2.1M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.3M in salary, as well as $63K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $32,646 at Nielsen Holdings. Therefore, the ratio of David Kenny's pay to the median employee pay was 396 to one.
David Anderson, Chief Financial Officer, received a compensation package of $3.6M, which increased by 23% compared to previous year. 77% of the compensation package, or $2.8M, was in stock awards.
George Callard, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, earned $2.7M in 2019.
Nancy Phillips, Chief HR Officer, received $2.2M in 2019, which decreases by 48% compared to 2018.
Christopher Taft, Chief Accounting Officer, earned $810K in 2019.