Bumper £9million payday ticks the right boxes for YouGov bosses

Bosses at survey group YouGov raked in £9million last year.

Then-CEO Stephan Shakespeare earned £4.7m in the year to July, up from £540,000 previously.

Shakespeare, who co-founded YouGov with former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi in 2000, stopped running the company in August and is now chairman.

He has been replaced by Steve Hatch, who came over from Facebook owner Meta.

The bulk of Shakespeare’s bumper package came from a long-term bonus worth £4.2 million.

Boost: YouGov’s activities include conducting surveys and providing data to companies and its market value is £1.1 billion

Finance chief Alex McIntosh saw his wages jump from £420,000 to £1.9 million, while operations boss Sundip Chahal’s rose from around £537,000 to £2.5 million.

YouGov’s activities include conducting surveys and providing data to companies. The market value is £1.1 billion.

In the year to July, revenues rose 17 percent to £258 million and profits rose 77 percent to £45 million.