By Jill Goldsmith Discovery Inc. CEO David Zaslav saw his total compensation fall last year to $46 million from $129 million in 2018, when a large option grant related to a renewal of his contract made him the most highly compensated chief executive in the nation.
His package last year included a base salary of $3 million; stock awards for $13.4 million; option grants of $6.9 million and $21.8 million in non-equity incentive compensation (like a cash bonus tied to performance metrics), the company said in its annual proxy statement filed with the SEC.
The year earlier package included option awards for $102 million. The company said it based the pay package on a strong financial performance in 2019 when Discovery outperformed its peer
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