Media CEO Pay 2023: Guess Who Didn’t Get the Memo?
variety.comBob Iger, CEO2023 compensation: $31.6M/+110.7%Median employee compensation $54,010Iger pay ratio to median employee: 595 It was a contentious time for the congenitally congenial Disney chief.
First, he made some ill-considered remarks at Sun Valley, a conference for media barons held in a posh resort, characterizing striking actors’ demands as “not realistic.” Those words were slammed by SAG-AFTRA head Fran Drescher, with Iger becoming exhibit A for corporate greed.
Then, he spent months in a proxy fight with investor Nelson Peltz, a battle Iger won. For enduring those slings and arrows, he got a rich pay package, including $26.1 million in stock awards and options and a $2.1 million bonus.
Iger, who returned to Disney after handpicked successor Bob Chapek imploded, got a bump from the $15 million he earned for his fleeting emeritus year as executive chairman.
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