David W. Nelms
2007
In 2007, David W. Nelms earned a total compensation of $8M as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Discover Financial Services.
Compensation breakdown
| Bonus | $2,750,000 |
|---|---|
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $4,852 |
| Option Awards | $828,070 |
| Salary | $900,000 |
| Stock Awards | $3,514,099 |
| Other | $6,100 |
| Total | $8,003,121 |
Nelms received $3.5M in stock awards, accounting for 44% of the total pay in 2007.
Nelms also received $2.8M in bonus, $4.9K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $828.1K in option awards, $900K in salary and $6.1K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2007, David W. Nelms' compensation ranked 421st out of 8,700 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Nelms earned more than 95.2% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 421 out of 8,700 | 95th |
Division Finance, Insurance, And Real Estate | 110 out of 1,930 | 94th |
Major group Non-depository Credit Institutions | 3 out of 66 | 96th |
Industry group Personal Credit Institutions | 2 out of 18 | 89th |
Industry Personal Credit Institutions | 2 out of 18 | 89th |
Source: SEC filing on February 22, 2010.
Nelms' colleagues
We found four more compensation records of executives who worked with David W. Nelms at Discover Financial Services in 2007.
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2007
Roy Guthrie
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