W. Ming Shao
2019
In 2019, W. Ming Shao earned a total compensation of $2.1M as Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary at MicroStrategy, a 6% decrease compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Bonus | $450,000 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $1,087,000 |
| Salary | $523,500 |
| Other | $15,181 |
| Total | $2,075,681 |
Shao received $1.1M in option awards, accounting for 52% of the total pay in 2019.
Shao also received $450K in bonus, $523.5K in salary and $15.2K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2019, W. Ming Shao's compensation ranked 5,739th out of 13,971 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Shao earned more than 58.9% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 5,739 out of 13,971 | 59th |
Division Services | 1,166 out of 2,393 | 51st |
Major group Business Services | 788 out of 1,582 | 50th |
Industry group Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related Services | 515 out of 995 | 48th |
Industry Prepackaged Software | 297 out of 533 | 44th |
Pay ratio
| W. Ming Shao's Pay | $2,075,681 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $91,653 |
| Pay Ratio | 23to 1 |
In 2019, the annual total compensation of W. Ming Shao was $2,075,681.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at MicroStrategy was $91,653.
The ratio of W. Ming Shao's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 23 to one.
Source: SEC filing on April 16, 2020.
Shao's colleagues
We found four more compensation records of executives who worked with W. Ming Shao at MicroStrategy in 2019.