William C. Carstanjen
2018
In 2018, William C. Carstanjen earned a total compensation of $21.1M as Chief Executive Officer at Churchill Downs, a 184% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $3,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $1,276,154 |
| Stock Awards | $16,827,946 |
| Other | $16,269 |
| Total | $21,120,369 |
Carstanjen received $16.8M in stock awards, accounting for 80% of the total pay in 2018.
Carstanjen also received $3M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.3M in salary and $16.3K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2018, William C. Carstanjen's compensation ranked 137th out of 14,244 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Carstanjen earned more than 99.0% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 137 out of 14,244 | 99th |
Division Services | 39 out of 2,378 | 98th |
Major group Amusement And Recreation Services | 3 out of 88 | 97th |
Industry group Commercial Sports | 1 out of 11 | 91st |
Industry Racing, Including Track Operation | 1 out of 11 | 91st |
Source: SEC filing on March 13, 2019.
Carstanjen's colleagues
We found four more compensation records of executives who worked with William C. Carstanjen at Churchill Downs in 2018.
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