W. Ming Shao
2021
In 2021, W. Ming Shao earned a total compensation of $8.9M as Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary at MicroStrategy, a 588% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Bonus | $650,000 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $7,618,600 |
| Salary | $600,000 |
| Other | $42,445 |
| Total | $8,911,045 |
Shao received $7.6M in option awards, accounting for 85% of the total pay in 2021.
Shao also received $650K in bonus, $600K in salary and $42.4K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2021, W. Ming Shao's compensation ranked 1,240th out of 12,405 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Shao earned more than 90.0% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 1,240 out of 12,405 | 90th |
Division Services | 368 out of 2,289 | 84th |
Major group Business Services | 267 out of 1,535 | 83rd |
Industry group Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related Services | 198 out of 1,053 | 81st |
Industry Prepackaged Software | 123 out of 623 | 80th |
Pay ratio
| W. Ming Shao's Pay | $8,911,045 |
|---|---|
| Median Employee's Pay | $112,166 |
| Pay Ratio | 79to 1 |
In 2021, the annual total compensation of W. Ming Shao was $8,911,045.
The annual total compensation of the median employee at MicroStrategy was $112,166.
The ratio of W. Ming Shao's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 79 to one.
Source: SEC filing on April 14, 2022.
Shao's colleagues
We found three more compensation records of executives who worked with W. Ming Shao at MicroStrategy in 2021.