David J. Lesar

2021 - CenterPoint Energy

In 2021, David J. Lesar earned a total compensation of $37.8M as President and Chief Executive Officer at CenterPoint Energy, a 216% increase compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Non-Equity Incentive Plan$2,116,125
Salary$1,425,000
Stock Awards$33,359,999
Other$908,686
Total$37,809,810

Lesar received $33.4M in stock awards, accounting for 88% of the total pay in 2021.

Lesar also received $2.1M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.4M in salary and $908.7K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2021, David J. Lesar's compensation ranked 104th out of 12,397 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Lesar earned more than 99.2% of executives.

ClassificationRankingPercentile
All
104
out of 12,397
99th
Division
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
6
out of 683
99th
Major group
Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
1
out of 266
100th
Industry group
Electric Services
1
out of 76
99th
Industry
Electric Services
1
out of 76
99th

Pay ratio

David J. Lesar's Pay$37,809,810
Median Employee's Pay$103,170
Pay Ratio

366

to 1

In 2021, the annual total compensation of David J. Lesar was $37,809,810.

The annual total compensation of the median employee at CenterPoint Energy was $103,170.

The ratio of David J. Lesar's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 366 to one.

Source: SEC filing on March 11, 2022.

Lesar's colleagues

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Monica Karuturi

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General Counsel

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Scott Doyle

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