Discovery Triples CEO Zaslav's Pay to $129 Million With New Deal

Discovery Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav is poised to reclaim a spot among America’s top-paid public-company bosses after the firm handed him a $129.4 million pay package for last year.

Zaslav received stock options valued at $102.1 million and about $14.8 million of restricted stock, according to a regulatory filing Friday from Silver Spring, Maryland-based Discovery. He also collected $3 million in salary and a $9 million bonus. The prior year he got $42.2 million.