John S. Hendricks
2008
In 2008, John S. Hendricks earned a total compensation of $38.1M as Founder and Chairman of the Board at Discovery Communications, a 217% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Bonus | $800,000 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $36,066,998 |
| Salary | $1,000,000 |
| Other | $240,603 |
| Total | $38,107,601 |
Hendricks received $36.1M in option awards, accounting for 95% of the total pay in 2008.
Hendricks also received $800K in bonus, $1M in salary and $240.6K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2008, John S. Hendricks' compensation ranked 20th out of 9,135 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Hendricks earned more than 99.8% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 20 out of 9,135 | 100th |
Division Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services | 4 out of 846 | 100th |
Major group Communications | 4 out of 236 | 98th |
Industry group Cable And Other Pay Television Services | 2 out of 38 | 95th |
Industry Cable and Other Pay Television Services | 2 out of 38 | 95th |
Source: SEC filing on April 4, 2011.
Hendricks' colleagues
We found four more compensation records of executives who worked with John S. Hendricks at Discovery Communications in 2008.
2008
David Zaslav
Discovery Communications
Chief Executive Officer
2008
Bradley Singer
Discovery Communications
Chief Financial Officer
2008
Mark Hollinger
Discovery Communications
Chief Executive Officer
2008
Bruce Campbell
Discovery Communications