Wal-Mart's McMillon Tops Compensation List of 100 Arkansas Public Company Execs

The top man at the world’s largest company is again the highest-paid executive in Arkansas. C. Douglas McMillon, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has returned to the No. 1 spot on the annual list of executive compensation at publicly traded companies headquartered in the state. McMillon, whose total compensation topped $19.8 million in 2015, had been displaced on last year’s list by Gregory S. Foran, who benefited from stock awards granted when he was named executive vice president in 2014. McMillon and Foran, No. 4 this year, are among six current Wal-Mart executives ranked among the 10 highest-paid executives on this week’s list. It ranks executives of 20 publicly traded companies headquartered in Arkansas by total compensation as disclosed in the companies’ most recent proxy statements. In most cases, the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2015; exceptions are Tyson Foods Inc. (Oct. 3, 2015); Dillard’s Inc. (Jan. 30); Wal-Mart (Jan. 31); Acxiom Corp. (March 31); and America’s Car-Mart Inc. (April 30). Sandwiched between McMillon and Foran are: Roger W. Jenkins, CEO of Murphy Oil Corp. of El Dorado, which recorded the lowest net income of the 20 companies last year — a $2.27 billion loss, thanks to the cratering of petroleum prices; and Donnie Smith, CEO of Tyson Foods, the second-largest company in the state in terms of both revenue ($41.4 billion) and net income ($1.2 billion). In a numerically satisfying coincidence, exactly 100 executives...
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