Kenneth I. Chenault
2016
In 2016, Kenneth I. Chenault earned a total compensation of $17.5M as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at American Express Company, a 21% decrease compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $518,804 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $1,573,150 |
| Salary | $2,000,000 |
| Stock Awards | $12,809,527 |
| Other | $562,158 |
| Total | $17,463,639 |
Chenault received $12.8M in stock awards, accounting for 73% of the total pay in 2016.
Chenault also received $518.8K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $1.6M in option awards, $2M in salary and $562.2K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2016, Kenneth I. Chenault's compensation ranked 169th out of 14,075 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Chenault earned more than 98.8% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 169 out of 14,075 | 99th |
Industry Finance services | 1 out of 62 | 98th |
Source: SEC filing on March 20, 2017.
Chenault's colleagues
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