James Chao
2018
In 2018, James Chao earned a total compensation of $6.7M as Chairman at Westlake Chemical, a 6% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $3,751,110 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $1,021,478 |
| Salary | $869,667 |
| Stock Awards | $1,021,478 |
| Other | $72,616 |
| Total | $6,736,349 |
Chao received $3.8M in non-equity incentive plan, accounting for 56% of the total pay in 2018.
Chao also received $1M in option awards, $869.7K in salary, $1M in stock awards and $72.6K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2018, James Chao's compensation ranked 1,328th out of 14,244 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Chao earned more than 90.7% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 1,328 out of 14,244 | 91st |
Division Manufacturing | 464 out of 5,759 | 92nd |
Major group Chemicals And Allied Products | 143 out of 2,122 | 93rd |
Industry group Industrial Organic Chemicals | 4 out of 65 | 94th |
Pay ratio
| James Chao's Pay | $6,736,349 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $87,852 |
| Pay Ratio | 77to 1 |
In 2018, the annual total compensation of James Chao was $6,736,349.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at Westlake Chemical was $87,852.
The ratio of James Chao's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 77 to one.
Source: SEC filing on April 5, 2019.
Chao's colleagues
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