Daimler CEO's pay jumped 16 percent to $10.8 million last year

[February 18, 2016]  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche's total pay leapt 16 percent to 9.68 million euros ($10.75 million) last year, when the German car and truck maker posted a 36 percent rise in operating profit.

Zetsche was awarded 8.36 million euros in total pay in 2014, the company's annual report showed on Thursday.

(Reporting by Edward Taylor; Editing by Mark Potter)

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