The compensation package for the Chief Executive Officer of International Paper consists of a fixed base salary supplemented heavily by performance-based stock awards, equity incentives, and non-equity bonus plans. SEC proxy filings and executive compensation tracking reports indicate that total annual compensation figures for the chief executive regularly range between ten and twenty million dollars, heavily weighted toward long-term performance-based equity grants designed to align executive rewards with shareholder value creation, stock price performance, and multi-year operational strategic milestones.