Chicago, Illinois-Based Ventas Inc's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 23.4% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are Ventas Inc's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Ventas Inc	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Cafaro Chair and CEO	13,116	25,255		25,255	9,666		9,666	10,924		10,924	10,066		10,066	9,960
Probst CFO	4,996	8,604		8,604	3,337		3,337	2,351		N/A	N/A
Cobb Chief Investment Officer	4,990	8,359		8,359	3,101		3,101	4,061
Riney General Counsel	3,962	7,121		7,121	3,007		3,007	3,019		3,019	2,620		2,620	2,645
Bulgarelli EVP, Office	N/A	N/A
Lillibridge EVP Medical Propoerty Operations				5,304	2,414		2,414	2,426		2,426	2,355		2,355	2,200
Schweinhart Former CFO													4,063	2,478
Lewis President													3,900	4,591
Totals	27,064	49,339		54,643	21,525		21,525	22,781		16,369	15,041		23,004	21,874
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-45.1%			153.9%			-5.5%			8.8%			5.2%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		23.4%