CEO Pay Watch Fastenal Co.
Willard Oberton, CEO
Total compensation: $794,761 for the year ended Dec. 31
Salary: $502,500
Non-equity incentive pay: $287,796
Other compensation: $4,465
Total 2013 return to shareholders: 3.6%
Note: Oberton's compensation of $795,000 for the year was well off of the $16.3 million he took home last year, mainly because in 2012 he exercised $14.2 million worth of stock options. He exercised no stock options in 2013.
Patrick Kennedy