Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Largely Evades Questions About Paramount Global And NBA Talks, Says Executive Pay “Should Be Aligned” With Stock Performance
WBDWarner Bros. Discovery(WBD) Deadline·2024-05-07 06:35

Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav largely evaded questions about NBA talks and Paramount Global‘s potential as a WBD merger partner, but he did weigh in on the hot topic of executive pay. “All CEOs need to be paid with alignment with shareholders,” he declared. In 2023, a year when his company’s stock price hovered around 10ashare,lessthanhalfofitsvaluewhenitbegantradingin2022,Zaslavcollectedatotalpaydayof10 a share, less than half of its value when it began trading in 2022, Zaslav collected a total payday of 49.7 million, up more than $10 million from the prior year. The comments ...