Amazon Law Chief’s Pay Hits Nearly $18.2 Million on Stock Grants

Amazon.com Inc.‘s longtime legal chief earned nearly $18.2 million last fiscal year as he gained from the company’s practice of giving large stock grants to senior executives every other year.

David Zapolsky received the bulk of his total compensation in a stock award valued at nearly $17.9 million, along with $313,750 in base salary, according to a proxy statement filed Thursday.

The pay returns Zapolsky to a pay echelon he reached in fiscal 2020, when he earned $17.2 million in total compensation as Amazon saw demand for its services soar during the pandemic. Zapolsky earned $163,200 in fiscal 2021. ...