Sysco CEO Thomas Ben's 2019 pay jumps 22% to $11M
Sysco reports 2019 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: October 2, 2019
Sysco reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on October 2, 2019.
In 2019, seven Sysco executives received on average a compensation package of $4.6M, a 9% decrease compared to previous year.
Thomas L. Ben, Chief Executive Officer, received $11M in total, which increased by 22% compared to 2018. 43% of Ben's compensation, or $4.6M, was in stock awards. Ben also received $2.9K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $1.5M in non-equity incentive plan, $3.3M in option awards, $1.2M in salary, as well as $136K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $70,801 at Sysco. Therefore, the ratio of Thomas L. Ben's pay to the median employee pay was 152 to one.
Greg D. Bertrand, Executive Vice President, U.S. Foodservice Operations, received a compensation package of $4.1M, which increased by 20% compared to previous year. 30% of the compensation package, or $1.2M, was in stock awards.
Joel T. Grade, Chief Financial Officer, earned $3.9M in 2019, a 17% decrease compared to previous year.
Wayne R. Shurts, Chief Technology Officer, received $3.9M in 2019, which decreases by 9% compared to 2018.
Russell T. Libby, Secretary, earned $3.7M in 2019, a 7% decrease compared to previous year.
Paul T. Moskowitz, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, received $2.9M in 2019.
Robert S. Charlton, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, earned $2.8M in 2019.
Sysco's fiscal year ends on July 2.
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