Office of the CEO, President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS · Paramount Global (PARA)

George Cheeks

FY2024 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for George Cheeks as a named executive officer of Paramount Global; the record below is that year, complete. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2024

$22,154,446

2nd of 13 named executive officers at Paramount Global by FY2024 total.

13 named officers on file for Paramount Global, FY2024

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed June 2, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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George Cheeks compensation by year

Paramount Global Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Paramount Global reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024
Salary$2,750,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$8,006,829
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$11,365,260
Pension and deferred compensation$18,117
All other$14,240
Total$22,154,446

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Paramount Global DEF 14A filed June 2, 2025, accession 0001140361-25-021135, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Paramount Global filed document, accession 0001140361-25-021135. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed June 2, 2025.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU41,944$438,734—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Paramount Global's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Paramount Global discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death$0$548,418$0$548,418
Disability$0$548,418$0$548,418
Involuntary termination without cause$8,250,000$548,418$85,829$21,834,247
Change in control and involuntary termination$5,500,000$548,418$86,489$21,834,907

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Paramount Global's FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Paramount Global’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Robert M. BakishFormer President and Chief Executive Officer$86,961,498
George Cheeks · this pageOffice of the CEO, President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS$22,154,446
Brian RobbinsOffice of the CEO, President and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon$19,608,224
Chris McCarthyOffice of the CEO, President and Chief Executive Officer of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks$19,483,239
Christa A. D'AlimonteFormer EVP, General Counsel and Secretary$8,919,623
Naveen ChopraEVP, Chief Financial Officer$8,780,183
Nancy PhillipsEVP, Chief People Officer$4,204,391
Joseph DavyChief Executive Officer$852,117
Simon BaumerChief Technology Officer$298,648
Alvin Yipformer Interim Chief Financial Officer$281,288
Mark Musburgerformer Chief Financial Officer$231,714
Michael KurtzmanChief Revenue Officer Mark Musburger – former Chief Financial Officer (14)$231,714
Ashley Levesqueformer Vice President of Marketing$81,900

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are Paramount Global's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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