iHeartMedia CEO Robert Pittman's 2019 pay jumps 25,401% to $23M

iHeartMedia reports 2019 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: April 28, 2020

iHeartMedia reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on April 28, 2020.
In 2019, six executives at iHeartMedia received on average a compensation package of $8.4M, a 6% increase compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at iHeartMedia
Robert W. Pittman, Chief Executive Officer, received $23M in total, which increased by 75% compared to 2018. 35% of Pittman's compensation, or $8M, was in stock awards. Pittman also received $5.3M in non-equity incentive plan, $7.6M in option awards, $1.4M in salary, as well as $529K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $56,068 at iHeartMedia. Therefore, the ratio of Robert W. Pittman's pay to the median employee pay was 408 to one.
Richard J. Bressler, Chief Financial Officer, received a compensation package of $21M, which increased by 163% compared to previous year. 38% of the compensation package, or $8M, was in stock awards.
Steven J. Macri, Senior Vice President — Corporate Finance, earned $2.8M in 2019, a 5% increase compared to previous year.
Paul M. McNicol, General Counsel, received $1.9M in 2019.
Scott D. Hamilton, Chief Accounting Officer, earned $945K in 2019.
Michael B. McGuinness, Chief Financial Officer, received $938K in 2019.

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Source: SEC filing on April 28, 2020.