RE: Drop14 Aug 2023 12:37
The boss of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars was handed a bumper £1.77m pay packet, up 72 per cent from last year, after sales and profit at the carmaker hit record levels in 2022.
Rolls-Royce’s latest company filings show the group delivered a record 6,021 cars in 2022 – with the US, Greater China and European markets the most fruitful.
The carmaker, which is owned by BMW, made £887m in revenue, up 12 per cent year-on-year and saw annual operating profit jump 22 per cent to £120m.
As a result, long-time chief Torsten Müller-Ötvös saw his pay packet reach over £1.77m, up from a previous £1.04m.
Müller-Ötvös guided Rolls-Royce to the highest year of sales in the marque’s 118-year history in 2022 and has overseen a string of major announcements, including the launch of Spectre, the world’s first ultra-luxury fully electric coupé.
Account filings show that the new Spectre model had seen its order backlog stretch well into 2024.
The West Sussex-based firm has cashed in on a spending splurge among the wealthy, with a host of luxury marques including Bentley and Aston Martin benefitting from a consumer base who have been largely unaffected by the cost-of-living crisis.
In January, Müller-Ötvös put the sales boom down to a post-pandemic rebound, which had accelerated a “life can be short” mentality among its customers.
https://www.cityam.com/rolls-royce-motor-cars-boss-rakes-in-1-77m-pay-packet-after-record-year/