Gary Steele
2018
In 2018, Gary Steele earned a total compensation of $64.7M as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Proofpoint, a 892% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $753,514 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $496,875 |
| Stock Awards | $63,477,494 |
| Other | $2,413 |
| Total | $64,730,296 |
Steele received $63.5M in stock awards, accounting for 98% of the total pay in 2018.
Steele also received $753.5K in non-equity incentive plan, $496.9K in salary and $2.4K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2018, Gary Steele's compensation ranked 16th out of 14,244 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Steele earned more than 99.9% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 16 out of 14,244 | 100th |
Division Services | 7 out of 2,378 | 100th |
Major group Business Services | 6 out of 1,566 | 100th |
Industry group Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related Services | 6 out of 962 | 99th |
Industry Computer Processing and Data Preparation and Processing Services | 1 out of 163 | 99th |
Pay ratio
| Gary Steele's Pay | $64,730,296 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $138,666 |
| Pay Ratio | 467to 1 |
In 2018, the annual total compensation of Gary Steele was $64,730,296.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at Proofpoint was $138,666.
The ratio of Gary Steele's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 467 to one.
Source: SEC filing on April 17, 2019.
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