Warner Bros. Discovery Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

David Zaslav

Chief executive officer

US$49.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	6.0%
CEO tenure	2yrs
CEO ownership	0.2%
Management average tenure	3.4yrs
Board average tenure	2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has David Zaslav's remuneration changed compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2023	US$50m	US$3m	-US$3b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$5b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$7b
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$9b
Dec 31 2022	US$39m	US$3m	-US$7b
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$5b
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$3b
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2021	US$247m	US$3m	US$912m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$878m
Dec 31 2020	US$38m	US$3m	US$1b
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2019	US$46m	US$3m	US$2b
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$879m
Dec 31 2018	US$129m	US$3m	US$529m
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$719m
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$633m
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$494m
Dec 31 2017	US$42m	US$3m	-US$296m

Compensation vs Market: David's total compensation ($USD49.70M) is above average for companies of similar size in the BR market ($USD6.09M).

Compensation vs Earnings: David's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

David Zaslav (63 yo)

2yrs

Tenure

US$49,702,546

Compensation

Mr. David M. Zaslav has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. since April 8, 2022. He served as a Director of Blade Air Mobility, Inc. since May 7, 2021 u...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
David Zaslav	President	2yrs	US$49.70m	0.25% $ 255.2m
Gunnar Wiedenfels	Senior EVP & CFO	7yrs	US$17.06m	0.057% $ 58.9m
Bruce Campbell	Chief Revenue & Strategy Officer	no data	US$18.27m	0.059% $ 61.3m
Jean-Briac Perrette	President and CEO of Global Streaming & Games	no data	US$20.14m	0.060% $ 62.4m
Gerhard Zeiler	President of International	2yrs	US$13.31m	0.033% $ 34.3m
Lori Locke	Chief Accounting Officer & Executive VP	4.8yrs	no data	0.0044% $ 4.5m
Avi Saxena	Chief Technology Officer	5.3yrs	no data	no data
Dave Duvall	Chief Information Officer	no data	no data	no data
Jennifer Remling	Chief People & Culture Officer	less than a year	no data	0.017% $ 17.4m
Adria Alpert Romm	Executive Officer	less than a year	US$2.48m	0.018% $ 19.2m
Katarzyna Kieli	President & MD of Discovery EMEA	no data	no data	no data
Eric Phillips	President of Global Distribution Strategy	11.1yrs	no data	no data

3.4yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: W1BD34's management team is considered experienced (3.4 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
David Zaslav	President	2yrs	US$49.70m	0.25% $ 255.2m
Geoffrey Yang	Independent Director	2yrs	US$364.20k	0.0072% $ 7.4m
Kenneth Lowe	Independent Director	less than a year	US$342.94k	0.043% $ 44.5m
John Malone	Independent Director	15.6yrs	US$361.69k	0.76% $ 786.9m
Debra Lee	Independent Non-Executive Director	2yrs	US$359.19k	0.00015% $ 155.9k
Paul Gould	Independent Director	15.6yrs	US$389.19k	0.029% $ 30.4m
Samuel Di Piazza	Independent Chairman of the Board	2yrs	US$534.21k	0.0037% $ 3.9m
Richard Fisher	Independent Director	2yrs	US$379.19k	0.0013% $ 1.4m
Paula Price	Independent Director	2yrs	US$352.12k	0.0013% $ 1.4m
Fazal Merchant	Independent Director	2yrs	US$374.22k	0.0033% $ 3.4m
Li Chen	Independent Director	2yrs	US$354.19k	0.0013% $ 1.4m

2.0yrs

Average Tenure

69yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: W1BD34's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Warner Bros. Discovery Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 03, 2024

Warner Bros. Discovery Appoints Neeraj Jha as Director - Head, Content & Acquisition (Sports)

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Announces Leadership Appointments in APAC

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Announces Promotion of Andrew Georgiou as President and Managing Director for the Uk and Ireland

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Appoints Jim Lee as President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer, Dc

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Announces Board of Directors Changes

Recent updates

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 03, 2024

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 09, 2024

Warner Bros. Discovery Appoints Neeraj Jha as Director - Head, Content & Acquisition (Sports)

Fubo Sues The Walt Disney Company, FOX Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery and Affiliates for Antitrust Practices

RedBird Capital Partners LLC and International Media Investments FZ LLC agreed to acquire All3Media Limited from Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NasdaqGS:WBD) and Liberty Global Ltd. (NasdaqGS:LBTY.A) for £1.15 billion.

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 23, 2024

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NasdaqGS:WBD) acquired BLUTV ILETISIM VE DIJITAL YAYIN HIZMETLERI A.S.

Warner Bros. Discovery Reportedly in Talks to Merge with Paramount Global

Banijay Reportedly Pulls Out of Race for All3Media

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Announces Leadership Appointments in APAC

Warner Bros Discovery Announces the Solar Moth Art-Chitecture Installation Enhanced by A.I. Intelligence Conversations

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 08, 2023

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Announces Promotion of Andrew Georgiou as President and Managing Director for the Uk and Ireland

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 03, 2023

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Appoints Jim Lee as President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer, Dc

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 23, 2023

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Announces Board of Directors Changes

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Announces Resignation of Robert R. Bennett from its Board, Effective as of April 1, 2023

HomeVestors of America, Inc. Files Lawsuit Against Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc

Warner Bros. Discovery Promotes David Decker to President, Content Sales

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Nov 03, 2022

Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces that a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (XTRA:PSM) agreed to acquire remaining 50% stake in Joyn GmbH from Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NasdaqGS:WBD).

ProSiebenSat.1 Digital GmbH agreed to acquire remaining 50% stake in Joyn GmbH.

Warner Bros. Discovery Appoints Asif Sadiq as Chief Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Aug 04, 2022

Warner Bros. Discovery Announces New Leadership Team in India

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Appoints Luis Silberwasser as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery Sports

Warner Bros. Discovery Names Nathaniel Brown as Chief Corporate Communications Officer

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Appoints Debra Lee as Non-Executive Director

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to Report Q1, 2022 Results on Apr 26, 2022

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.(NasdaqGS:WBD) dropped from FTSE All-World Index (USD)

Discovery, Inc. (NasdaqGS:DISC.A) completed the acquisition of Warner Media, LLC from AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T).

Discovery, Inc. (NasdaqGS:DISC.A) completed the acquisition of Warner Media, LLC from AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T).

ITV Reportedly Poised to Launch Takeover Bid for Channel 4

Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, Llc Reminds Investors Class Action Deadlines of Discovery, Inc

Discovery Inc Appoints Tushar Singh as Product Director

Discovery, Inc. Appoints Chris Licht as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNN Global

Discovery, Inc. to Report Q4, 2021 Results on Feb 24, 2022

BT Group in Talks with Discovery Merge Its Sports TV Division

Discovery Appoints Rafal Ogrodnik as SVP Global-Integration-Finance, Effective February 1, 2022

DAZN Reportedly Nearing A Deal to Acquire BT Sport

Johnson Fistel, LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Has Commenced on Behalf of Investors of Discovery, Inc

Discovery, Inc. (NasdaqGS:DISC.A) acquired Assets of ZEDO, Inc.

AT&T Reportedly Preparing to Merge its Media Assets with Discovery

Altice USA and Discovery, Inc. Reach Distribution Agreement

Discovery, Inc. Appoints Patrizio "Pato" Spagnoletto as Global Chief Marketing Officer

Discovery, Inc. to Report Q4, 2020 Results on Feb 22, 2021

Discovery, Inc. Names Eric Phillips President of Global Distribution Strategy

Discovery, Inc. Launches Discovery+ in the U.S

Discovery, Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Robert L. Johnson to Join Discovery, Inc. Board of Directors, Effective January 1, 2021

Discovery, Inc. Announces the Global Launch of discovery+, the Definitive Streaming Service for the Best Real-Life Entertainment in the World, Debuting January 4, 2021

Discovery Promotes Kenechi Belusevic as Senior Director Distribution and Development

Discovery, Inc. Announces Directorship Appointments

Discovery, Inc. (NasdaqGS:DISC.A) entered into a binding agreement to acquire free-to-air TV business of Mediaworks Holdings Limited

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