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On the 2019 Sunshine List · 3 years

Roy Kao

Managing Director, Fintech · MaRS Discovery District
2019 Total Compensation Paid
$223,830.31
▲ 55.5% since 2017

Roy Kao was paid $223,830.31 in total compensation as Managing Director, Fintech at MaRS Discovery District in 2019, 124% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Roy Kao has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 3 times since 2017, earning $553K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $184,456.00 a year, up 55% over that span.

That is 49% above the average disclosed pay of $150,021.88 across 42 listed MaRS Discovery District employees.

$223,830.31
Latest compensation
in 2019
$553K
Total compensation
across 3 years
$184,456.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+55.5%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

3 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$130K$156K$181K$207K$233K201720182019
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Roy Kao's total compensation has moved across 3 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2019 · $223,830.31
Lifetime total compensation$553K
Annual average$184,456.00
Total growth since 2017+55.5%
Biggest raise+28.9% (2018)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

3 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2019Latest★ Best
Managing Director, Fintech↑ role changed$223,830.31▲ 20.6%
2018
Managing Director, Finance and Commerce↑ role changed$185,578.18▲ 28.9%
2017First
Senior Advisor, Finance and Commerce / Conseiller principal, Finance et commerce$143,958.62
3 years total$553K total$184,456.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Managing Director, Fintech
Sector
Other Public Sector Employers
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2019
Years on list
3

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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