Snapchat's Evan Spiegel earns $638 million in 2017, the third-highest CEO payout ever

Evan Spiegel pay package is based on stock-based awards worth $636.6 million and salary and other compensation worth about $1.2 million.

|Feb 23, 2018, 15:28:28 IST

Chief Executive Evan Spiegel received $637.8 million as total compensation last year after the company went public, the third-highest annual payout ever received by a company’s CEO.[caption id="attachment_1231875" align="alignleft" width="380"]

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel in this file photo. Associated Press[/caption]Spiegel’s payout trails the 2007 and 2008 compensations of Daniel Och, CEO of hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, according to ISS Analytics, the data arm of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.Och received an annual compensation of $918.9 million in fiscal year 2007 and $1.19 billion in 2008.Spiegel's pay package is based on stock-based awards worth $636.6 million and salary and other compensation worth about $1.2 million, according to a security filing by Snap on 22 February.“I believe this is the largest value we have seen in the 10 years we’ve been compiling annual ‘highest-paid’ CEO studies,” said Dan Marcec, Director of Content at executive compensation data firm Equilar.Spiegel earned $98,078 as salary in 2017, according to a security filing by the company.Shares of Snap rose in February above its IPO price of $17 for the first time since July.The company’s shares fell 8 percent on 22 February and analysts attributed the losses to users taking issue with Snap’s latest redesign.

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