CEO Pay Watch: C.H. Robinson's John Wiehoff earned $3.2 million last year

March 30, 2018 at 10:58PM
John Wiehoff, CEO of the Eden Prairie-based transportation firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide (LEILA NAVIDI/Star Tribune file photo)
John Wiehoff, CEO of the Eden Prairie-based transportation firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide (LEILA NAVIDI/Star Tribune file photo) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

JOHN WIEHOFF C.H. Robinson

Chairman, president and CEO

Total compensation: $3,184,507 for the year ended Dec. 1, 2017

Salary: $1,167,000

Nonequity incentive pay: $871,475

Other compensation: $28,638

Value realized on vesting shares: $1,117,394

New stock options: 167,370

Total 2017 shareholder return: 89.1 percent

CEO Pay ratio: 130:1

Median employee pay: $52,606

Note: After two years of declining overall compensation, Wiehoff took home 19.2 percent more in 2017 than in 2016 despite no salary increase and a smaller annual cash incentive bonus for the year.

C.H. Robinson didn't achieve its annual performance target, which led to a cash incentive bonus of $871,475, down 7 percent from 2016. Wiehoff's annual salary was the same as the previous year. The overall compensation increased because he realized more from previously issued restricted stock that vested during the year.

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