John S. Hendricks
2009
In 2009, John S. Hendricks earned a total compensation of $17.3M as Founder and Chairman of the Board at Discovery Communications, a 55% decrease compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $600,000 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $15,459,181 |
| Salary | $1,000,000 |
| Other | $238,327 |
| Total | $17,297,508 |
Hendricks received $15.5M in option awards, accounting for 89% of the total pay in 2009.
Hendricks also received $600K in non-equity incentive plan, $1M in salary and $238.3K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2009, John S. Hendricks' compensation ranked 77th out of 9,885 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Hendricks earned more than 99.2% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 77 out of 9,885 | 99th |
Division Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services | 13 out of 872 | 99th |
Major group Communications | 13 out of 256 | 95th |
Industry group Cable And Other Pay Television Services | 10 out of 41 | 76th |
Industry Cable and Other Pay Television Services | 10 out of 41 | 76th |
Source: SEC filing on March 30, 2012.
Hendricks' colleagues
We found four more compensation records of executives who worked with John S. Hendricks at Discovery Communications in 2009.
2009
David Zaslav
Discovery Communications
Chief Executive Officer
2009
Mark Hollinger
Discovery Communications
Chief Executive Officer
2009
Bradley Singer
Discovery Communications
Chief Financial Officer
2009
Bruce Campbell
Discovery Communications