Apple Legal Chief Adams Saw Pay Near $27 Million in 2021 (1)

Apple Inc. paid general counsel Katherine Adams $26.9 million in 2021, a slight increase in her total compensation from the previous year.

Adams last year received $21.9 million in stock awards, $4 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation, and a $1 million base salary, according to Apple’s proxy statement filed late Thursday.

She was paid $26.4 million in 2020, according to a proxy last year. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company paid Adams $25.2 million in 2019 and $26.7 million in 2018.

Apple hired Adams in 2017 from Honeywell International Inc. to replace its retiring former legal chief, Bruce Sewell. Adams, ...