Breaking Down the Top Warner Bros. Execs’ $1.1 Billion Paramount Windfall
David Zaslav and his top four top lieutenants bagged a massive stock payout, while 1,500 employees also got large equity windfalls The post Breaking Down the Top Warner Bros. Execs’ $1.1 Billion Paramount Windfall appeared first on TheWrap .
The top executives at Warner Bros. Discovery have collectively received a $1.1 billion windfall from the merger with Paramount, now known as Skydance. This includes former CEO David Zaslav, who received $606 million in stock compensation, and his four top lieutenants - CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels ($125.74 million), Chief Revenue Officer Bruce Campbell ($132.52 million), streaming and games chief JB Perrette ($154.7 million), and WBD International President Gerhard Zeiler ($89 million).
The sheer number of employees who benefited from the merger, with nearly half of the company's 35,500 employees now holding equity, highlights the scale of the deal.
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