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accession: "0000950103-22-000954"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MS"
cik: "0000895421"
company_name: "MORGAN STANLEY"
filed_at: "2022-01-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T16:41:23.929101+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman's 2021 compensation rises to $35M as firm posts record net income

## Summary
- CEO James Gorman's total 2021 compensation set at $35M, up from $33M in 2020.
- Compensation components: $1.5M base salary, $8.375M cash bonus, $5.025M deferred equity, $20.1M performance-vested equity.
- Firm achieved record 2021 net revenues ~$60B, net income ~$15B, EPS $8.03, ROTCE 19.8%.
- Quarterly dividend doubled to $0.70; $3.8B in dividends and $11B in share repurchases in 2021.
- Wealth Management pre-tax margin 25.5% (26.9% excl. integration expenses); client assets $6.5T after E*TRADE/Eaton Vance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-22-000954
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MS
- cik: 0000895421
- company_name: MORGAN STANLEY
- filed_at: 2022-01-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010322000954/0000950103-22-000954-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010322000954/dp165482_8k.htm

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