JPMorgan CEO James Dimon's Compensation Rises to $31.5 Million -- Update
January 23 2020 - 06:11PM
Dow Jones News
By David Benoit
JPMorgan Chase & Co. paid its chief executive, James Dimon,
$31.5 million for his work in 2019, a 1.6% boost, as the bank set
fresh records in profit and stock price.
The pay includes $6.5 million in cash, including salary and
bonus, and $25 million in stock grants that would be earned over
the coming years, depending on the bank's performance.
Mr. Dimon was the highest paid of big-bank bosses in the U.S.
for 2018, when JPMorgan, the nation's largest bank, gave him a
package worth $31 million. His closest competitor was Morgan
Stanley CEO James Gorman, who was paid $29 million.
Mr. Dimon is likely to retain that crown again. Most big U.S.
banks haven't yet disclosed their executive pay packages for 2019,
but Morgan Stanley said last week it cut Mr. Gorman's pay to $27
million.
In 2019, JPMorgan posted a profit of $36.43 billion, a 12%
increase, and the stock rose 43% to end the year at an all-time
high near $140. Shares have slipped to start the new year.
The bank's return on tangible equity, a measure of profitability
the board's compensation committee ties to the awards, rose to 19%
for the year from 17%, higher than that of rivals.
Mr. Dimon's salary has been steady at $1.5 million and his
annual cash bonus at $5 million since 2017. The company touts his
pay as being mostly tied to performance, with shares earned only if
the bank meets certain returns over several years.
Mr. Dimon, who will turn 64 this year, has been CEO since 2005.
For at least the past six years, his standard answer about when he
might leave has been about five more years and up to the board.
When asked earlier this month for an update, he stuck by five years
once again.
Last year, he moved around top lieutenants in a change widely
viewed as tests for potential successors.
Marianne Lake, who had been chief financial officer, became the
head of consumer lending, including the bank's important
credit-card operations, putting her in place to gain experience
running a major portion of the bank's business. Ms. Lake's pay rose
to $15.35 million from $15 million.
Jennifer Piepszak, who had been running the credit-card
business, became finance chief. Ms. Piepszak's pay was $10 million.
(Her prior pay wasn't disclosed.)
Daniel Pinto and Gordon Smith, the co-presidents and co-chief
operating officers who run the investment bank and consumer bank,
respectively, were each awarded $22.5 million, up from $22 million
in 2018.
Write to David Benoit at david.benoit@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 23, 2020 17:56 ET (22:56 GMT)
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