CEO Salary & Executive Compensation
Morgan Stanley MS
CEO: Ted Pick · Investment Banking · 82,000 employees
Ted Pick, CEO of Morgan Stanley (MS), earned $15.4M in total compensation in 2025. Morgan Stanley receives a Pay-for-Performance grade of A (82/100), with a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 128:1 and a say-on-pay shareholder approval of 93.1%. The company's 3-year total shareholder return is +29.6%.
How Morgan Stanley CEO Pay Compares
Ted Pick's $15.4M total compensation is 44% below the Investment Banking industry median of $27.6M. The 128:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio is 28% lower than the industry average of 179:1.
Total comp for Ted Pick as CEO of Morgan Stanley (MS) was $15.4M. Equity awards dominate the package — $7.7M in stock plus $1.8M in options — with base salary of $1.5M a small share of the total.
The CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio runs 128x. Lower ratios typically reflect companies with higher-paid workforces (financial services, technology, professional services) where the median worker pay denominator is itself substantial. Performance has been positive over the three-year window: TSR of 29.6% alongside 14.6% revenue growth. Compensation packages tied to relative TSR or absolute return benchmarks would have vested at or near target levels with this performance profile.
Say-on-pay support was strong at 93%. The Dodd-Frank-mandated advisory vote on executive compensation passes at most U.S. public companies with comfortable margins; meaningful dissent typically requires either pay-performance misalignment or specific governance concerns. Morgan Stanley operates in Investment Banking with 82,000 employees and $54.1B in annual revenue, and currently carries a market capitalization of $190.0B. Pay comparisons across companies require controlling for these structural factors — a $20M package at a $10B-revenue tech company reads differently than the same package at a $1B-revenue industrial.
Source: SEC EDGAR — DEF 14A proxy statements for Morgan Stanley (MS).
Compensation Breakdown
Ted Pick's $15.4M total compensation package for fiscal year 2025 includes $1.5M in base salary, $7.7M in stock awards, $1.8M in option awards, and $2.3M in bonus and non-equity incentives.
Compensation History
| Year | Salary | Bonus | Stock Awards | Options | Non-Equity | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.5M | - | $7.7M | $1.8M | $2.3M | $1.7M | $15.4M |
| 2024 | $1.3M | - | $6.5M | $1.6M | $1.9M | $1.4M | $13.0M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | - | $6.8M | $1.6M | $2.1M | $1.5M | $13.7M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | - | $7.5M | $1.8M | $2.3M | $1.6M | $15.0M |
All compensation data is sourced from SEC DEF 14A proxy filings submitted to EDGAR. The Economic Policy Institute's CEO pay analysis provides additional context on executive compensation trends across industries.
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Ted Pick, CEO of Morgan Stanley (MS), earns $15.4M in total compensation. This includes base salary, stock awards, option awards, and other incentives as reported in the company's most recent DEF 14A proxy statement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ted Pick, CEO of Morgan Stanley (MS), earns $15.4M in total compensation. This includes base salary, stock awards, option awards, and other incentives as reported in the company's most recent DEF 14A proxy statement.
Morgan Stanley has a Pay-for-Performance Score of A (82/100). The company's 3-year total shareholder return is +29.6%, and the say-on-pay shareholder vote passed with 93.1% approval.
The CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio at Morgan Stanley is 128:1. The median worker at Morgan Stanley earns $120K per year, while CEO Ted Pick earns $15.4M in total compensation.
Morgan Stanley employs approximately 82,000 people. The company operates in the Investment Banking industry within the Financials sector, generating $54.1B in annual revenue.