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Activision CEO makes $65 million in compensation

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 28 Apr 2013 2:06 User comments (1)

Activision CEO makes $65 million in compensation Major video game publisher Activision Blizzard's CEO Robert Kotick was one of the highest paid executives of 2012.
The CEO made $65 million in compensation, thanks to a major stock award.

Kotick's base salary jumped to $2 million, and he received a $56 million stock award. Additionally compensation was performance based.

The company's revenues and net income only saw low single digit growth for 2012, much slower than 2011 when the exec made a much smaller salary and bonus.

Kotick has been a director and CEO of the company since 1991.

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128.4.2013 17:35

At least this guy has been with them from the early days...The "fly by night" CEOs that always jump ship when times are tough only to get a huge severance bonus really chaps the hide..

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