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Ari Emanuel, executive chair and CEO of UFC and WWE genitor TKO Group saw 2025 compensation of $67.4 million, up sharply from $18.1 cardinal nan twelvemonth earlier connected a ample banal grant.
The breakdown, according to nan company’s proxy connection revenge pinch nan SEC today, is $3 cardinal successful salary; a rate prize of astir $18.9 million; banal awards weighted astatine $43.9 million; and $1.1 cardinal successful non-equity inducement scheme compensation (also cash). Emanuel’s “other” compensation included $365.5k for individual usage of an craft provided to him
TKO President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Shapiro, saw full comp emergence to $46.6 cardinal from $31.9 million. He had a $4 cardinal guidelines salary; a $12.5 cardinal rate bonus; and banal awards weighted astatine $25.8 million.
CFO Andrew Schleimer’s package of $23.1 cardinal ($2 cardinal guidelines salary; $7 cardinal bonus; banal grant weighted astatine $14.1 million) was up from $7.7 cardinal successful 2024.
The proxy noted rising gross and beardown momentum astatine UFC and TKO, which inked a bid of cardinal authorities deals past twelvemonth including pinch Paramount and ESPN. The filing specifications nan yearly salary of a nationalist company’s apical 5 highest paid executive officers successful a compensation array published each year..
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