Bank of America Increases CEO Moynihan's Pay 23% to $16 Million

  • CEO cut expenses 24% last year as he resolved legal issues
  • Half of compensation is in stock linked to future performance

Brian Moynihan, chief executive officer of Bank of America Corp.

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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Bank of America Corp. awarded Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan $16 million for his work last year, raising his potential compensation 23 percent.

Moynihan received $14.5 million in stock grants for 2015 and left his salary unchanged at $1.5 million, according to a regulatory filingBloomberg Terminal Friday. A year earlier, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank gave the CEO of the second-biggest U.S. bank a $13 million pay package.