Uber Technologies Inc.’s chief legal officer D. Anthony “Tony” West received almost $10.4 million in total compensation last year, when the company posted operating profits in three of four quarters.
West received more than $7 million in stock awards in addition to roughly $3.3 million in cash, a preliminary proxy statement filed March 15 shows. The cash included more than $2.5 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation and $800,000 in annual base salary, according to the disclosure.
West secured a “landmark, first-of-its-kind agreement” with New York’s attorney general to give its drivers “flexibility” in their employment, Uber said in the filing. That deal, a $328 million accord reached with rival Lyft Inc., has been held up by both companies as a potential template for resolving other labor disputes.
The San Francisco-based ride-sharing giant has posted three straight quarterly operating profits, including the final period of 2023, when gross bookings of $37.6 billion exceeded analyst estimates. Revenue increased 15% to $9.94 billion, Uber said in releasing fourth quarter results last month.
Uber didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
West is a former partner at Morrison & Foerster and has been Uber’s legal chief and corporate secretary since 2017. The ride-sharing giant recruited him from the top legal role at PepsiCo Inc.
The brother-in-law of Vice President Kamala Harris, West previously worked in the Obama administration as an assistant US attorney general in the Justice Department’s civil division.
He aided the effort to pass driver legislation in Australia—Uber announced Monday a $178 million deal with drivers in the country—and published a civil rights assessment that includes oversight by a new equity leadership council, the company said in its preliminary proxy.
West’s pay package at Uber was down slightly from 2022, when he received a 40% increase in total compensation, to roughly $10.6 million. He owns about $14.7 million in Uber stock, according to Bloomberg data. Securities filings show that within the past year he’s sold off nearly $4.1 million in company shares.
Within the past year, Uber has added nearly two-dozen lawyers to its legal ranks, per Bloomberg Law data. The hires came after two of West’s top deputies, Keir Gumbs and Tammy Albarrán, left to take lead legal jobs elsewhere.
Gumbs, who initially departed in mid-2021, was recently named general counsel for Jones Financial Cos., owner of brokerage giant Edward Jones. Albarrán is now legal chief for fitness company Peloton Interactive Inc. Neither were among the top paid executives at their new employers last year.
