Brent Shafer
2019
In 2019, Brent Shafer earned a total compensation of $12.5M as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Cerner, a 30% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $1,246,500 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $800,000 |
| Stock Awards | $10,217,593 |
| Other | $274,704 |
| Total | $12,538,797 |
Shafer received $10.2M in stock awards, accounting for 81% of the total pay in 2019.
Shafer also received $1.2M in non-equity incentive plan, $800K in salary and $274.7K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2019, Brent Shafer's compensation ranked 493rd out of 13,971 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Shafer earned more than 96.5% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 493 out of 13,971 | 97th |
Division Services | 106 out of 2,396 | 96th |
Major group Business Services | 74 out of 1,582 | 95th |
Industry group Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related Services | 52 out of 995 | 95th |
Industry Computer Integrated Systems Design | 4 out of 102 | 96th |
Pay ratio
| Brent Shafer's Pay | $12,538,797 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $69,830 |
| Pay Ratio | 180to 1 |
In 2019, the annual total compensation of Brent Shafer was $12,538,797.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at Cerner was $69,830.
The ratio of Brent Shafer's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 180 to one.
Source: SEC filing on April 7, 2020.
Shafer's colleagues
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