Stock awards continue to drive corporate executives` compensation gains
(WorldNews Business)

The executive compensation for many corporate and nonprofit top executives continued on an upward trajectory during 2018. However, there could be a shift downward in 2019, as several corporations with significant Triad ties have had chief executive changes this year. The Winston-Salem Journal takes a look each May at the compensation packages paid primarily in the previous year. The seventh-annual review includes 30 corporate and 12 nonprofit executives. Each executive made at least $191,000 in total compensation. For corporate chief executives, stock and stock-option awards continued to be the major factor in their total compensation increases. Those awards represented just under 60% of the...