BofA CEO Moynihan gets a 31% raise to $32mn

Bloomberg

Bank of America Corp (BofA) boosted Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan’s compensation 31% to $32 million for 2021, a year in which the firm set a record for profitability.
His package includes $1.5 million in salary and a $30.5 million in stock-based incentive awards, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender said in a filing. A year ago, Moynihan took a 7.5% pay cut to $24.5 million for 2020 amid the pandemic.
Moynihan, one of the longest-serving heads of a giant US bank, signalled in September his interest in staying on for years to come. The 62-year-old CEO has been steering the lender through the pandemic after taking the helm more than a decade ago in the wake of the global financial crisis.
Bank of America is fresh off its most profitable year, reporting a $32 billion in net income for 2021. The firm is boosting pay for senior bankers, and is rewarding nearly all employees with $1 billion in restricted stock on top of their regular compensation. It also raised its minimum wage to $21 in 2021 and plans to reach $25 an hour by 2025.
Wall Street compensation is surging after the pandemic sent bank profits to record highs, leaving rainmakers poised for some of the biggest paydays in more than a decade.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO David Solomon, Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s billionaire leader Jamie Dimon were each awarded about $35 million for their work last year. That’s more than any of their banks have lavished on a CEO since 2007.
Moynihan’s pay bump for 2021 was among the largest on Wall Street, second only to Solomon’s. The Goldman Sachs CEO’s payout doubled from a year ago, when the board had reduced his package to $17.5 million after requiring him to return a third of his pay as penalty for the bank’s role in the 1MDB scandal.
Bank of America’s shares gained about 4% to $48.28 in New York trading. They have advanced nearly 49% in the past 12 months.