Kate Adams
2021
In 2021, Kate Adams earned a total compensation of $27M as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Apple, a 3% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $4,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $1,000,000 |
| Stock Awards | $21,959,620 |
| Other | $14,533 |
| Total | $26,974,153 |
Adams received $22M in stock awards, accounting for 81% of the total pay in 2021.
Adams also received $4M in non-equity incentive plan, $1M in salary and $14.5K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2021, Kate Adams' compensation ranked 190th out of 12,397 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Adams earned more than 98.5% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 190 out of 12,397 | 99th |
Division Manufacturing | 52 out of 5,492 | 99th |
Major group Industrial And Commercial Machinery And Computer Equipment | 7 out of 363 | 98th |
Industry group Computer And Office Equipment | 5 out of 104 | 95th |
Industry Electronic Computers | 5 out of 23 | 78th |
Pay ratio
| Kate Adams' Pay | $26,974,153 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $68,254 |
| Pay Ratio | 395to 1 |
In 2021, the annual total compensation of Kate Adams was $26,974,153.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at Apple was $68,254.
The ratio of Kate Adams' pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 395 to one.
Source: SEC filing on January 6, 2022.
Adams' colleagues
We found four more compensation records of executives who worked with Kate Adams at Apple in 2021.
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