comp0518.charts
StarTribune.com content is available via e-mail, mobile devices and as RSS feeds.
The options picture
Who exercised the most options in 2007? Who got the biggest new grants? Two charts have the answers.
Largest exerciser of options in 2007 (dollars in millions)
| Name | Company | Value of exercised stock options | Total comp. | Stock options as a pct. of total comp. |
| Robert Ulrich | Target Corp. | $93.5 | $116.0 | 80.6% |
| Bradbury Anderson | Best Buy Co. Inc. | 46.1 | 49.3 | 93.5 |
| Joel Ronning | Digital River Inc. | 31.7 | 32.7 | 97.1 |
| Thomas Grudnowski | Fair Isaac Corp. | 27.3 | 28.9 | 94.5 |
| Sean Casey | Virtual Radiologic Corp. | 22.3 | 22.9 | 97.2 |
| Stephen Sanger | General Mills Inc. | 18.2 | 23.0 | 79.1 |
| Stephen Shank | Capella Education Co. | 10.2 | 11.1 | 91.8 |
| Daniel Starks | St. Jude Medical Inc. | 6.4 | 8.6 | 73.7 |
| Douglas Baker | Ecolab Inc. | 5.1 | 8.2 | 62.7 |
| Randall Hogan | Pentair Inc. | 5.1 | 10.5 | 48.6 |
Largest new option grants in 2007 (ranked by current value of grants)
| Name | Company | Number of options granted | Current value of options granted (in millions) |
| James Cracchiolo | Ameriprise | 457,999 | $6.3 |
| Douglas Steenland | Northwest Airlines | 477,213 | 6.0 |
| Douglas Baker | Ecolab Inc. | 459,480 | 5.4 |
| Stephen Sanger | General Mills Inc. | 487,500 | 5.0 |
| Richard Davis | U.S. Bancorp | 919,118 | 5.0 |
| Robert Ulrich | Target Corp. | 255,677 | 4.6 |
| Daniel Starks | St. Jude Medical | 320,000 | 4.6 |
| Jeffrey Noddle | Supervalu Inc. | 539,105 | 3.9 |
| George Buckley | 3M Co. | 188,724 | 3.4 |
| Jay Fishman | Travelers Companies | 203,276 | 2.9 |