Percent of options awarded by type.

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Percentage of compounded annual gain of stock price over the exercise price.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Employee Compensation and Benefit Plans - Schedule of Stock Awards Vesting (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
2011 - 2014 Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)			100.00%
2011 - 2014 Awards \| Time-Based \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)			60.00%
Award vesting period (years)	4 years
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	25.00%
2011 - 2014 Awards \| Market Performance-Based \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)			35.00%
Award vesting period (years)	3 years
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	25.00%
Percentage of compounded annual gain of stock price over the exercise price (percentage)	20.00%
2011 - 2014 Awards \| Extraordinary Market Performance-Based \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)			5.00%
Award vesting period (years)	3 years
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	25.00%
Percentage of compounded annual gain of stock price over the exercise price (percentage)	25.00%
2011 - 2014 Awards \| Market Performance Based - Stock Price Has at Least Doubled Over the Exercise Price \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	25.00%
2011 - 2014 Awards \| Market Performance Based - Stock Price Has at Least Tripled Over the Exercise Price \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	25.00%
2015 - 2016 Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)		100.00%
2015 - 2016 Awards \| Time-Based \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)		34.00%
Award vesting period (years)	4 years
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	25.00%
2015 - 2016 Awards \| Time-Based \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)		0.00%
Award vesting period (years)	4 years
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	33.30%
2015 - 2016 Awards \| Time-Based Vesting Schedule and Market Performance-Based Vesting Date \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)		66.00%
Award vesting period (years)	4 years
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	25.00%
2017 - 2019 Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)	100.00%
2017 - 2019 Awards \| Time-Based \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)	15.00%
Award vesting period (years)	3 years
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	33.30%
2017 - 2019 Awards \| Time-Based \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)	56.00%
Award vesting period (years)	3 years
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	33.30%
2017 - 2019 Awards \| Time-Based Vesting Schedule and Market Performance-Based Vesting Date \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of options awarded (percentage)	29.00%
Award vesting period (years)	4 years
Vesting percentage of awards (percentage)	25.00%