Robert J. Thomson
2020
In 2020, Robert J. Thomson earned a total compensation of $13.5M as Chief Executive Officer at News Corp, a 8% decrease compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $209,572 |
|---|---|
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $1,250,000 |
| Salary | $3,000,000 |
| Stock Awards | $8,658,269 |
| Other | $417,360 |
| Total | $13,535,201 |
Thomson received $8.7M in stock awards, accounting for 64% of the total pay in 2020.
Thomson also received $209.6K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $1.3M in non-equity incentive plan, $3M in salary and $417.4K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2020, Robert J. Thomson's compensation ranked 504th out of 13,090 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Thomson earned more than 96.1% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 504 out of 13,090 | 96th |
Division Manufacturing | 175 out of 5,617 | 97th |
Major group Printing, Publishing, And Allied Industries | 1 out of 41 | 98th |
Industry group Newspaper | 1 out of 8 | 88th |
Industry Newspapers: Publishing, or Publishing and Printing | 1 out of 8 | 88th |
Source: SEC filing on October 5, 2020.
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