Patrick McHale, Graco Inc., President, CEO
Total compensation: $7,977,846 for the year ended Dec. 31
Salary: $772,900
Nonequity incentive pay: $466,021
Other compensation: $13,961
Exercised stock options: $6,724,964
New stock options: 201,160
Total 2016 shareholder return: 17.4 percent
Note: McHale's compensation was up 88 percent from 2015 mainly from the $6.7 million realized from previously issued stock options that he exercised last year.