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The St. Louis investment firm boosted earnings per share 18% last year and its stock price rose 46%.

In a filed April 3, Stifel discloses that Kruszewski received a $6.7 million bonus last year, up from $4.0 million in 2018. He also received a $200,000 salary, an amount that has not changed since he joined the firm in 1997, and $1 million worth of performance-linked stock.

Kruszewski's perquisites included a $25,000 "non-accountable expense allowance" and $18,719 worth of personal flights on company planes. The expense allowance has been eliminated for 2020.

Stifel awarded Kruszewski $1.75 million in performance-related shares early in 2020, based on 2019 performance. The way the compensation committee looks at the numbers, that brings Kruszewski's total pay for 2019 to $10 million. Under Securities and Exchange Commission rules, however, that stock award counts as 2020 pay.

Stifel shares have fallen along with the broader market, losing 32% of their value since Jan. 1.

Kruszewski earned 84 times as much as the median Stifel employee. The company calculated median pay of $97,326 for 9,960 employees.

Here's what St. Louis CEOs earned in 2018: