Roger Ailes
2009
In 2009, Roger Ailes earned a total compensation of $22.1M as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network and Chairman of Fox Television Stations and Twentieth Television at Twenty-First Century Fox, a 20% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Bonus | $1,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $7,553,000 |
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $5,500,000 |
| Salary | $5,000,000 |
| Stock Awards | $2,823,331 |
| Other | $232,499 |
| Total | $22,108,830 |
Ailes received $7.6M of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, accounting for 34% of the total pay in 2009.
Ailes also received $1M in bonus, $5.5M in non-equity incentive plan, $5M in salary, $2.8M in stock awards and $232.5K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2009, Roger Ailes' compensation ranked 38th out of 9,885 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Ailes earned more than 99.6% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 38 out of 9,885 | 100th |
Division Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services | 10 out of 872 | 99th |
Major group Communications | 10 out of 256 | 96th |
Industry group Cable And Other Pay Television Services | 8 out of 41 | 81st |
Industry Cable and Other Pay Television Services | 8 out of 41 | 81st |
Source: SEC filing on September 2, 2011.
Ailes' colleagues
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