James Chao
2017
In 2017, James Chao earned a total compensation of $6.4M as Chairman at Westlake Chemical, a 16% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $3,514,432 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $985,001 |
| Salary | $813,000 |
| Stock Awards | $985,015 |
| Other | $68,472 |
| Total | $6,365,920 |
Chao received $3.5M in non-equity incentive plan, accounting for 55% of the total pay in 2017.
Chao also received $985K in option awards, $813K in salary, $985K in stock awards and $68.5K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2017, James Chao's compensation ranked 1,365th out of 14,666 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Chao earned more than 90.7% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 1,365 out of 14,666 | 91st |
Division Manufacturing | 460 out of 5,768 | 92nd |
Major group Chemicals And Allied Products | 118 out of 2,074 | 94th |
Industry group Industrial Organic Chemicals | 4 out of 70 | 94th |
Source: SEC filing on April 6, 2018.
Chao's colleagues
We found five more compensation records of executives who worked with James Chao at Westlake Chemical in 2017.
2017
Albert Chao
Westlake Chemical
Chief Executive Officer
2017
M Bender
Westlake Chemical
Chief Financial Officer
2017
Vinyls Buesinger
Westlake Chemical
Executive Vice President, Vinyl Products
2017
Robert Buesinger
Westlake Chemical
Executive Vice President, Vinyl Products
2017
L Ederington
Westlake Chemical