Douglas Merritt
2021
In 2021, Douglas Merritt earned a total compensation of $27.4M as President, CEO and Director at Splunk, a 74% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $1,132,306 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $850,000 |
| Stock Awards | $25,351,450 |
| Other | $50,055 |
| Total | $27,383,811 |
Merritt received $25.4M in stock awards, accounting for 93% of the total pay in 2021.
Merritt also received $1.1M in non-equity incentive plan, $850K in salary and $50.1K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2021, Douglas Merritt's compensation ranked 180th out of 12,394 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Merritt earned more than 98.5% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 180 out of 12,394 | 99th |
Division Services | 74 out of 2,281 | 97th |
Major group Business Services | 55 out of 1,527 | 96th |
Industry group Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related Services | 50 out of 1,045 | 95th |
Industry Prepackaged Software | 25 out of 618 | 96th |
Pay ratio
| Douglas Merritt's Pay | $27,383,811 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $251,207 |
| Pay Ratio | 109to 1 |
In 2021, the annual total compensation of Douglas Merritt was $27,383,811.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at Splunk was $251,207.
The ratio of Douglas Merritt's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 109 to one.
Source: SEC filing on May 4, 2021.
Merritt's colleagues
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