Liberty Media CEO Gregory Maffei's 2018 pay falls 58% to $20M

Liberty Media reports 2018 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: April 24, 2019

Liberty Media reported fiscal year 2018 executive compensation information on April 24, 2019.
In 2018, five executives at Liberty Media received on average a compensation package of $6M, a 3% increase compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at Liberty Media
Gregory B. Maffei, Chief Executive Officer, received $20M in total, which increased by 2% compared to 2017. 44% of Maffei's compensation, or $8.8M, was in option awards. Maffei also received $398K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $6.4M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.1M in salary, $3M in stock awards, as well as $416K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2018, the median employee pay was $72,089 at Liberty Media. Therefore, the ratio of Gregory B. Maffei's pay to the median employee pay was 280 to one.
Richard N. Baer, Chief Legal Officer, received a compensation package of $3M, which increased by 13% compared to previous year. 39% of the compensation package, or $1.2M, was in non-equity incentive plan.
Mark D. Carleton, Chief Financial Officer, earned $3M in 2018, a 2% increase compared to previous year.
Albert E. Rosenthaler, Chief Corporate Development Officer, received $2.6M in 2018, which decreases by 11% compared to 2017.
John C. Malone, Chairman, earned $1.1M in 2018, a 43% increase compared to previous year.

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Source: SEC filing on April 24, 2019.