Xcel Energy CEO Ben Fowke's 2018 pay slips 4% to $12M
Xcel Energy reports 2018 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: April 1, 2019
Xcel Energy reported fiscal year 2018 executive compensation information on April 1, 2019.
In 2018, five executives at Xcel Energy received on average a compensation package of $4.9M, a 6% increase compared to previous year.
Ben Fowke, Chief Executive Officer, received $12M in total, which decreased by 4% compared to 2017. 59% of Fowke's compensation, or $7.1M, was in stock awards. Fowke also received $830K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $2.9M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.3M in salary, as well as $59K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2018, the median employee pay was $108,946 at Xcel Energy. Therefore, the ratio of Ben Fowke's pay to the median employee pay was 112 to one.
Brett Carter, Executive Vice President, Chief Customer and Innovation Officer, received a compensation package of $4.2M. 70% of the compensation package, or $2.9M, was in stock awards.
Robert Frenzel, Chief Financial Officer, earned $3.1M in 2018, a 13% increase compared to previous year.
Kent Larson, Executive Vice President and Group President, Operations, received $2.7M in 2018, which decreases by 2% compared to 2017.
Scott Wilensky, General Counsel, earned $2.2M in 2018, a 11% increase compared to previous year.
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