Former President and Chief Executive Officer · Paramount Global (PARA)

Robert M. Bakish

A named executive officer of Paramount Global in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2024. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2024

$86,961,498

FY2022: $32,046,006

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

Robert M. Bakish compensation by year

Paramount Global Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Paramount Global reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2024
Salary$3,100,000$2,611,154
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$15,999,979$15,081,642
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$12,871,200$10,364,885
Pension and deferred compensation$0$19,362
All other$74,827$58,884,455
Total$32,046,006$86,961,498

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.

$32.0M
$87.0M
FY22
FY24
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Paramount Global discloses, by trigger · FY2022
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death$0$15,753,344$0$15,753,344
Involuntary termination without cause$6,200,000$15,753,344$83,913$46,862,257
Disability$0$15,753,344$0$15,753,344

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Paramount Global's FY2022 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. Bakish · this pageFormer President and Chief Executive Officer$86,961,498
George CheeksOffice 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

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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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