CEO Total Pay
$28.6M
FY2021 Summary Compensation, well above median
FY2021 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Cowen Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $28.6M in FY2021 against median worker pay of $215,000 · Security & Commodity Brokers.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2022-05-27
- Industry
- Security & Commodity Brokers
- Fiscal year
- FY2021
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
133:1
Moderate (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$28.6M
Median worker
$215,000
Latest filing FY2021. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2021, not FY2025, so the figures on this page are from that earlier year and are not ranked against the FY2025 industry benchmark. Industry pages mark issuers like this one with a "Latest filing" label.
Answer first
Cowen Inc. reported a 133:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2021 - above the Security & Commodity Brokers median of 55:1 across 31 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Security & Commodity Brokers companies.
- Pay ratio
- 133:1
- FY2021 disclosed
- CEO total
- $28.6M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $215,000
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Security & Commodity Brokers peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 30 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 62. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2021
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Cowen Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Security & Commodity Brokers
This Company's Ratio
133:1
Industry Median Ratio
55:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$8.1M
This CEO's Pay
$28.6M
Companies in Industry
31
vs. Industry Median
Above
Cowen Inc.: MID · PEAK pay ratio
Cowen Inc. disclosed 133:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $28.6M CEO total in FY2021. the CEO earned 133× the median employee ($215,000) in FY2021.
Median employee $215,000 (ELITE-MED); MID · PEAK stamps put about 133 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
133:1
Near industry median
What FY2021 shows for Cowen Inc.
Cowen Inc. disclosed 133:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $28.6M CEO total in FY2021. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Security & Commodity Brokers (SIC 62) median ratio is 55:1 across 31 FY2025 filers; Cowen Inc.'s $28.6M CEO total is above the $8.1M industry median CEO pay.
Cowen Inc. stamps MID · PEAK · ELITE-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Security & Commodity Brokers peers.
Key Data, FY2021
- Total Compensation
- $28.6M
- Median Employee Pay
- $215,000
- Pay Ratio
- 133:1
- Filing Date
- 2022-05-27
Company Info
- CIK
- 1466538
- Industry
- Security & Commodity Brokers
- SIC Code
- 6211
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1466538, FY2021. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Cowen Inc. disclosed 133:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $28.6M CEO total in FY2021.
Read with Cowen Inc.
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MID · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Iqvia Holdings Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $28.7M (Δ $65K heavier vs Cowen Inc.); STEEP · ELITE-MED vs this page's MID · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
DXC Technology Co · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $28.7M (Δ $106K heavier vs Cowen Inc.); EXTREME · PAR-MED vs this page's MID · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Intel Corp · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $28.8M (Δ $204K heavier vs Cowen Inc.); MEGA · HIGH-MED vs this page's MID · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
NIKE, Inc. · PEAK
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $28.8M (Δ $243K heavier vs Cowen Inc.); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's MID · PEAK · ELITE-MED.
Security & Commodity Brokers benchmark
Cowen Inc. stamps MID · PEAK · ELITE-MED inside SIC 62 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MID
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Comp structure · PEAK
Cowen Inc.'s PEAK CEO total is equity-sensitive - read what grant-date fair value does and does not mean.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Cowen Inc. (CIK 1466538), FY2021. See our methodology. Aggregated by PlainCEOPay as of August 2026.
Data currency: Executive compensation from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements through fiscal year 2025, compiled and last refreshed August 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.