Warner Bros. Discovery Executive Compensation
Warner Bros. Discovery is a publicly traded company in the Media sector.
Named Executive Officers — FY2025
Compensation Analysis
Computed directly from SEC-sourced figures tracked on this page — not a general description.
Warner Bros. Discovery discloses FY2025 compensation for 6 named executive officers, totaling $206.4M. David M. Zaslav, the President and Chief Executive Officer, accounts for 65% of that combined total.
David M. Zaslav's total compensation rose 466% year-over-year, from $23.9M in FY2024 to $135.2M in FY2025.
Cash compensation (salary plus bonus) made up 7% of Warner Bros. Discovery's FY2025 tracked executive pay, with stock awards accounting for 36%. That's notably more stock-weighted than the typical Media company in this dataset, where stock awards average 0% of tracked pay.
Among 16 other Media companies in this dataset, Warner Bros. Discovery's combined tracked executive pay of $206.4M ranks in the 100th percentile (industry median: $12.7M). Its highest-paid executive, David M. Zaslav, ranks in the 100th percentile for top-executive pay in the sector (industry median: $5.7M).