Waste Connections CEO Ron Mittelstaedt received $11,961,448 in total compensation in 2016—almost triple his $4,736,106 in total compensation in 2015 and also up down from $5,385,430 in 2014.
Mittelstaedt’s compensation went up considerably in a year that saw his firm absorb Progressive Waste Solutions in a larger merger transaction.
Mittelstaedt’s compensation included $969,000 in salary, $2,036,120 in stock awards, $3,423,294 in non-equity incentive plan compensation and $5,533,034 in all other compensation.
He was CEO and president of the company from its founding 1997 to 2004, when he relinquished the president title. He was elected chairman in 1998.