First American Financial CEO Dennis Gilmore's 2019 pay jumps 23% to $10M

First American Financial reports 2019 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: March 31, 2020

First American Financial reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on March 31, 2020.
In 2019, five executives at First American Financial received on average a compensation package of $5M, a 24% increase compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at First American Financial
Dennis J. Gilmore, Chief Executive Officer, received $10M in total, which increased by 23% compared to 2018. 49% of Gilmore's compensation, or $5.1M, was in stock awards. Gilmore also received $1.3M of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $2.9M in non-equity incentive plan, $1M in salary, as well as $16K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $55,016 at First American Financial. Therefore, the ratio of Dennis J. Gilmore's pay to the median employee pay was 188 to one.
Christopher M. Leavell, Chief Operating Officer, received a compensation package of $5.3M, which increased by 35% compared to previous year. 44% of the compensation package, or $2.3M, was in stock awards.
Kenneth D. DeGiorgio, Executive Vice President, earned $5.2M in 2019, a 28% increase compared to previous year.
Mark E. Seaton, Chief Financial Officer, received $3.5M in 2019, which increases by 11% compared to 2018.
Matthew F. Wajner, Chief Accounting Officer, earned $796K in 2019, a 15% increase compared to previous year.

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Source: SEC filing on March 31, 2020.