William C. Carstanjen

2021

In 2021, William C. Carstanjen earned a total compensation of $13.8M as Chief Executive Officer at Churchill Downs, a 31% increase compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Non-Equity Incentive Plan$5,250,000
Salary$1,500,000
Stock Awards$6,986,731
Other$18,552
Total$13,755,283

Carstanjen received $7M in stock awards, accounting for 51% of the total pay in 2021.

Carstanjen also received $5.3M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.5M in salary and $18.6K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2021, William C. Carstanjen's compensation ranked 643rd out of 12,397 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Carstanjen earned more than 94.8% of executives.

ClassificationRankingPercentile
All
643
out of 12,397
95th
Division
Services
211
out of 2,284
91st
Major group
Amusement And Recreation Services
12
out of 112
89th
Industry group
Commercial Sports
1
out of 6
83rd
Industry
Racing, Including Track Operation
1
out of 6
83rd

Pay ratio

William C. Carstanjen's Pay$13,755,283
Median Employee's Pay$27,745
Pay Ratio

496

to 1

In 2021, the annual total compensation of William C. Carstanjen was $13,755,283.

The annual total compensation of the median employee at Churchill Downs was $27,745.

The ratio of William C. Carstanjen's pay to the pay of median employee was therefore 496 to one.

Source: SEC filing on March 17, 2022.

Carstanjen's colleagues

We found three more compensation records of executives who worked with William C. Carstanjen at Churchill Downs in 2021.

2021

William Mudd

Churchill Downs

Chief Operating Officer

2021

Marcia Dall

Churchill Downs

Chief Financial Officer

2021

Austin Miller

Churchill Downs

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