WMG · Warner Music Group Corp. · Executive Compensation

$30.86 -0.83 (-2.62%) At close · Oct 23

Market Cap

$16.14B

523.11M

Volume · Oct 23 1.18M Avg daily vol (3M) 2.18M

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2025

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Kyncl	CEO	$2,000,000	$3,202,480	$10,675,719	—	—	$31,051	$15,909,250
Armin Zerza	CFO	$484,615	$1,847,648	$10,000,010	—	—	$8,308	$12,340,581
Guy Moot	Co-Chair and CEO, Warner Chappell Music	$2,187,500	$2,287,500	$1,510,705	—	—	$18,216	$6,003,921
Carianne Marshall	Co-Chair and COO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,562,500	$2,287,500	$1,510,705	—	—	$11,750	$5,372,455
Carletta Higginson	Chief Digital Officer	$1,137,500	$1,982,399	$1,655,196	—	—	$7,875	$4,782,970
Bryan Castellani	Former Chief Financial Officer	$1,100,000	$1,119,243	$2,384,104	—	—	$93,466	$4,696,813

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Kyncl	CEO	$2,000,000	$3,102,300	$13,518,806	—	—	$11,500	$18,632,606
Max Lousada	Former CEO, Warner Recorded Music	$5,210,212	$5,587,284	$5,320,164	—	—	$1,980,340	$18,098,000
Guy Moot	Co-Chair and CEO, Warner Chappell Music	$2,187,500	$2,322,031	$1,596,042	—	—	$13,266	$6,118,839
Bryan Castellani	Former Chief Financial Officer	$1,100,000	$2,437,510	$2,340,887	—	—	$15,308	$5,893,705
Carianne Marshall	Co-Chair and COO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,562,500	$2,322,031	$1,596,042	—	—	$11,500	$5,492,073

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Kyncl	CEO	$2,000,000	$2,289,610	$15,347,525	—	—	$789,250	$20,426,385
Stephen Cooper	Former CEO	$3,000,000	—	$15,006,190	—	—	—	$18,006,190
Max Lousada	Former CEO, Warner Recorded Music	$5,037,634	$4,991,145	$5,014,542	—	—	$2,660,439	$17,703,760
Guy Moot	Co-Chair and CEO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,750,000	$2,351,300	$797,159	—	—	$23,547	$4,922,006
Carianne Marshall	Co-Chair and COO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,250,000	$2,351,300	$797,159	—	—	$11,250	$4,409,709
Eric Levin	Former Chief Financial Officer	$1,000,000	$1,020,400	$1,328,599	—	—	$1,011,250	$4,360,249

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Stephen Cooper	Former CEO	$3,000,000	—	$16,075,148	—	—	—	$19,075,148
Max Lousada	Former CEO, Warner Recorded Music	$5,132,000	$4,260,000	—	—	$4,260,000	$2,351,118	$16,003,118
Guy Moot	Co-Chair and CEO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,750,000	$2,530,675	$488,761	—	—	$20,771	$4,790,207
Carianne Marshall	Co-Chair and COO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,250,000	$2,530,675	$488,761	—	—	$10,250	$4,279,686
Eric Levin	Former Chief Financial Officer	$1,000,000	$1,081,000	$977,480	—	—	$11,258	$3,069,738
Louis Dickler	Senior Vice President & Corporate Controller, Former Acting Chief Financial Officer	$550,000	$488,600	$283,484	—	—	$18,207	$1,340,291

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Stephen Cooper	Former CEO	$3,000,000	—	$6,627,873	—	—	$1,042,810	$10,670,683
Max Lousada	CEO, Warner Recorded Music	$5,476,000	—	—	—	$2,400,000	$2,358,487	$10,234,487
Guy Moot	Co-Chair and CEO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,750,000	$1,950,200	$499,994	—	—	$22,157	$4,222,351
Carianne Marshall	Co-Chair and COO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,250,000	$1,950,200	$499,994	—	—	$8,700	$3,708,894
Eric Levin	Former Chief Financial Officer	$1,000,000	$1,219,300	$999,988	—	—	$7,692	$3,226,980

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Stephen Cooper	CEO	$1,000,000	—	—	—	$8,225,000	$6,749,945	$15,974,945
Eric Levin	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$850,000	$8,892,840	—	—	—	$8,550	$9,751,390
Max Lousada	CEO, Warner Recorded Music	$5,100,000	—	—	—	$1,538,219	$2,072,353	$8,710,572
Paul M. Robinson	Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Secretary	$850,000	$4,392,840	—	—	—	$8,550	$5,251,390
Guy Moot	Co-Chair and CEO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,750,000	$1,870,400	—	—	—	$390,571	$4,010,971
Carianne Marshall	Co-Chair and COO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,250,000	$1,870,400	—	—	—	$8,550	$3,128,950

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Stephen Cooper	CEO	$1,000,000	—	—	—	$7,075,000	$2,013,264	$10,088,264
Max Lousada	CEO, Warner Recorded Music	$5,108,000	—	—	—	—	$510,330	$5,618,330
Carianne Marshall	Co-Chair and COO, Warner Chappell Music	$1,132,692	$1,319,487	—	—	—	$721	$2,452,900
Guy Moot	Co-Chair and CEO, Warner Chappell Music	$829,994	$913,985	—	—	—	$322,754	$2,066,733
Eric Levin	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$850,000	$1,034,340	—	—	—	$8,400	$1,892,740
Paul M. Robinson	Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Secretary	$850,000	$884,340	—	—	—	$8,400	$1,742,740

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Stephen Cooper	CEO	$1,000,000	—	—	—	$9,325,000	$24,025,974	$34,350,974
Max Lousada	CEO, Warner Recorded Music	$5,180,000	—	—	—	—	$1,467,059	$6,647,059
Eric Levin	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$750,000	$677,907	—	—	—	$8,250	$1,436,157
Paul M. Robinson	Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Secretary	$750,000	$633,438	—	—	—	$8,250	$1,391,738

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Carianne Marshall	Co-Chair and Chief Operating Officer, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.	Resigned	2026-09-30	2026-09-22
Louis Dickler	Acting Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2026-07-31	2026-09-04
Tom Corson	Chief Operating Officer	Appointed	2026-07-31	2026-07-31
Louis Dickler	Acting Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2026-07-31	2026-07-31
Armin Zerza	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2025-05-05	2025-04-14
Bryan Castellani	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2023-10-16	2023-09-19
Michael Lynton	Finance Committee	Appointed	2023-04-27	2023-04-27
Valentin Blavatnik	Board	Appointed	2023-04-27	2023-04-27
Robert Kyncl	director	Appointed	2023-02-01	2022-09-23
Stephen Cooper	Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and director	Retired	2023-01-31	2022-09-23
Stephen Cooper	the Board	Resigned	2023-01-31	2022-09-23
Robert Kyncl	Chief Executive Officer	Appointed	2023-01-01	2022-09-23

Leadership

Guy Moot CEO
Robert Kyncl CEO, Board Member
Armin Zerza CFO
Bryan Castellani CFO
Tom Corson COO
Paul M. Robinson General Counsel
Ceci Kurzman Board Member
Michael Lynton Board Member
Nancy Dubuc Board Member
Valentin Blavatnik Board Member
Ynon Kreiz Board Member

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