WBD Executives Score $1.1 Billion from Skydance Merger

Top Warner Bros. Discovery executives earned $1.1 billion from Skydance merger payouts.

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Oct 9, 2026

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WBD Executives Score $1.1 Billion from Skydance Merger

Top Warner Bros. Discovery executives earned $1.1 billion from Skydance merger payouts.

In brief

Top Warner Bros. Discovery executives earned $1.1 billion from Skydance merger payouts. Warner Bros. Discovery executives received $1.1 billion in payouts from the Skydance merger. Originally reported by Deadline.

Warner Bros. Discovery executives

Former Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav collected over $600 million from the $110 billion sale to Paramount.

Top deputies earned $120-150 million

Streaming and games chief JB Perrette, CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels, and uber-distribution boss Bruce Campbell each took home $120-150 million.

International chief earned $90 million

International chief Gerhard Zeiler pocketed approximately $90 million from the Skydance merger.

The main idea

Warner Bros. Discovery executives received $1.1 billion in payouts from the Skydance merger.

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