CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A local CEO’s soaring compensation lands him among rare company — but he’s been there before. Doug Lebda, chief executive of Charlotte-based LendingTree, saw his total compensation soar to $52 million in 2020, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
That puts him easily atop the list of the highest-paid executives of public companies in the Charlotte area. No. 2 would be Brian Moynihan, followed by Marvin Ellison at Lowe’s.
As is usually the case in executive compensation, most of Lebda’s pay comes not from his salary but from stock and option awards and other perks. His total compensation was worth 485 times the $107,322 paid to the median employee in LendingTree’s workforce of nearly 1,200.
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