Discovery Inc. president and CEO David Zaslav's 2019 pay package dropped to $45.8 million. That was down from $129.4 million in 2018, which had marked a 207 percent jump compared with $42.2 million in 2017.
The company on Wednesday disclosed the compensation for Zaslav and other top executives in a regulatory filing. In 2018, Zaslav's stock option awards and other performance-based incentives tied to a new contract that will keep him at the company through 2023 had been the main driver for the big leap in his overall compensation.
Discovery's 2019 revenue increased 6 percent, and adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization rose 12 percent.