TripAdvisor CEO Got a Massive Pay Cut in 2014, But Don’t Feel Bad
Photo Credit: TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer. Tripadvisor
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Don't pine for Stephen Kaufer about his CEO pay in 2014. He'll be OK, especially if TripAdvisor hands out those $100 holiday gift cards as employee bonuses again this year. Meanwhile, if everything gets on track with Hotel Shopper, he'll have a big payday again in 2017.
TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer, the highest-paid online travel executive in 2013 with compensation of $39 million, took a massive pay cut in 2014 with his total pay coming to just $1.2 million.
That amounted to about a 96 percent pay cut.
In 2014, according to a financial filing April 28, Kaufer received a $500,000 salary; a $700,00 bonus, nearly $8,000 in "other compensation," including a $100 gift card that all employees received as a holiday bonus, for a total pay package of $1.2 million an
