Ari Emanuel Earned $65 Million Pay Package in 2023 as CEO of TKO Group, Parent of WWE and UFC
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ari Emanuel, in his capacity as CEO of TKO Group Holdings — the parent company of UFC and WWE — had a compensation package last year that hit nearly $65 million.
TKO granted Emanuel, who also is CEO of Endeavor, a base salary of $911,538, plus a $24 million cash bonus and stock awards worth $40 million in 2023, per a regulatory filing by TKO.
All told, the exec’s pay package totaled $64.91 million. TKO previously disclosed that Emanuel received stock grants worth $40 million, vesting over a four-year period, in conjunction with the closing of the UFC-WWE merger in September 2023 (which is majority owned by Endeavor).
Among other TKO execs, WWE president Nick Khan had a 2023 compensation package worth $32 million. That included a salary of $515,385, a bonus of $15 million, stock grants worth $12.1 million and a cash incentive compensation of $4.5 million.
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