Goldman Sachs Chief Govt Officer David Solomon will get a 27% elevate in annual pay, bringing his complete compensation for 2021 to $35 million, the financial institution mentioned on Friday.
The information on the Goldman chief’s pay comes after competitor James Gorman, CEO at Morgan Stanley, also raked in the same amount — $35 million — for 2021, Morgan Stanley reported late final week.
Each will make barely greater than JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, whose 2021 complete compensation clocked in at $34.5 million.
At Goldman, Solomon’s complete pay consists of an annual base wage of $2 million and a variable compensation of $33 million, 70% of which is within the type of goal-based inventory compensation or restricted inventory models.
Since taking on the reins from Lloyd Blankfein in 2018, Solomon has appeared to diversify the financial institution’s income to focus extra on predictable streams together with client banking, wealth and asset administration, whereas decreasing reliance on capital markets-focused companies.
The financial institution reported a web revenue of $21.64 billion in 2021, in contrast with $9.46 billion a 12 months earlier.
Nonetheless, earlier this month, Goldman reported a 13 percent dip in profit as buying and selling income slumped. Its newest quarterly outcomes sharply missed analyst expectations, main buyers to file out of the corporate’s inventory.
The Wall Avenue large posted $3.94 billion in revenue, or $10.81 per share for the quarter ending Dec. 31 — far lower than the $11.76 analysts predicted, in line with Refinitiv information.
Goldman’s shares are down greater than 12% up to now this 12 months, delivering a worse efficiency than the market as a complete, which is down about 7.6%.
