Gary Steele
2019
In 2019, Gary Steele earned a total compensation of $8.4M as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Proofpoint, a 87% decrease compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $620,939 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $530,625 |
| Stock Awards | $7,259,610 |
| Other | $2,520 |
| Total | $8,413,694 |
Steele received $7.3M in stock awards, accounting for 86% of the total pay in 2019.
Steele also received $620.9K in non-equity incentive plan, $530.6K in salary and $2.5K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2019, Gary Steele's compensation ranked 1,005th out of 13,971 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Steele earned more than 92.8% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 1,005 out of 13,971 | 93rd |
Division Services | 234 out of 2,396 | 90th |
Major group Business Services | 173 out of 1,582 | 89th |
Industry group Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related Services | 118 out of 995 | 88th |
Industry Computer Processing and Data Preparation and Processing Services | 16 out of 180 | 91st |
Pay ratio
| Gary Steele's Pay | $8,413,694 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $157,971 |
| Pay Ratio | 53to 1 |
In 2019, the annual total compensation of Gary Steele was $8,413,694.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at Proofpoint was $157,971.
The ratio of Gary Steele's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 53 to one.
Source: SEC filing on April 24, 2020.
Steele's colleagues
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