David M. Zaslav
2017
In 2017, David M. Zaslav earned a total compensation of $42.2M as President and Chief Executive Officer at Discovery Communications, a 14% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $8,141,565 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $15,606,127 |
| Salary | $3,000,000 |
| Stock Awards | $14,994,939 |
| Other | $505,353 |
| Total | $42,247,984 |
Zaslav received $15.6M in option awards, accounting for 37% of the total pay in 2017.
Zaslav also received $8.1M in non-equity incentive plan, $3M in salary, $15M in stock awards and $505.4K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2017, David M. Zaslav's compensation ranked 32nd out of 14,666 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Zaslav earned more than 99.8% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 32 out of 14,666 | 100th |
Division Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services | 7 out of 974 | 99th |
Major group Communications | 5 out of 297 | 98th |
Industry group Cable And Other Pay Television Services | 4 out of 80 | 95th |
Industry Cable and Other Pay Television Services | 4 out of 80 | 95th |
Source: SEC filing on March 28, 2018.
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