James M. Cornelius
2008
In 2008, James M. Cornelius earned a total compensation of $19.7M as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a 58% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $1,341,903 |
|---|---|
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $4,475,000 |
| Option Awards | $7,146,853 |
| Salary | $1,488,077 |
| Stock Awards | $5,122,554 |
| Other | $136,309 |
| Total | $19,710,697 |
Cornelius received $7.1M in option awards, accounting for 36% of the total pay in 2008.
Cornelius also received $1.3M of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $4.5M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.5M in salary, $5.1M in stock awards and $136.3K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2008, James M. Cornelius' compensation ranked 84th out of 9,135 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Cornelius earned more than 99.1% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 84 out of 9,135 | 99th |
Division Manufacturing | 23 out of 3,436 | 99th |
Major group Chemicals And Allied Products | 4 out of 815 | 100th |
Industry group Drugs | 4 out of 597 | 99th |
Industry Pharmaceutical Preparations | 4 out of 408 | 99th |
Source: SEC filing on March 22, 2010.
Cornelius' colleagues
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