David D. Smith

2019

In 2019, David D. Smith earned a total compensation of $7.9M as Executive Chairman at Sinclair Broadcast Group, a 6% increase compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Non-Equity Incentive Plan$1,950,750
Option Awards$2,131,335
Salary$1,300,500
Stock Awards$2,460,750
Other$11,200
Total$7,854,535

Smith received $2.5M in stock awards, accounting for 31% of the total pay in 2019.

Smith also received $2M in non-equity incentive plan, $2.1M in option awards, $1.3M in salary and $11.2K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2019, David D. Smith's compensation ranked 1,127th out of 13,971 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Smith earned more than 91.9% of executives.

ClassificationRankingPercentile
All
1,127
out of 13,971
92nd
Division
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
113
out of 895
87th
Major group
Communications
56
out of 268
79th
Industry group
Radio And Television Broadcasting Stations
16
out of 78
80th
Industry
Television Broadcasting Stations
11
out of 42
74th

Pay ratio

David D. Smith's Pay$7,854,535
Median Employee's Pay$48,220
Pay Ratio

163

to 1

In 2019, the annual total compensation of David D. Smith was $7,854,535.

The annual total compensation of the median employee at Sinclair Broadcast Group was $48,220.

The ratio of David D. Smith's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 163 to one.

Source: SEC filing on April 22, 2020.

Smith's colleagues

We found six more compensation records of executives who worked with David D. Smith at Sinclair Broadcast Group in 2019.

2019

Christopher Ripley

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Chief Executive Officer

2019

Steven Marks

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Chief Operating Officer

2019

Barry Faber

Sinclair Broadcast Group

President / Distribution Network Relations

2019

Lucy Rutishauser

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Chief Financial Officer

2019

Robert Weisbord

Sinclair Broadcast Group

President / Broadcast & Chief Advertising Revenue Officer

2019

Jeffrey Krolik

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Former President Regional Sports Networks

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