Recently departed Paramount president Jeff Shell had a 2025 package worth $60.7 million, according to an SEC filing Friday. Shell compensation was mostly $1.4 million in base salary and $58.7 million in stock awards.
Paramount CEO David Ellison’s comp totaled $63.2 million. Ellison’s Skydance Media acquired control of Paramount last August. His package included the same $1.4 million base pay and $58.7 million in stock awards along with $1.4 million in non-equity incentive compensation and $1.7 million in “other” comp, primarily personal security-related costs.
Shell parted ways with Paramount on April 8 in the wake of a breach of contract and fraud complaint by professional gambler Robert James “RJ” Cipriani against the executive and his wife that was later expanded to include Paramount, Ellison, his father Larry Ellison and a handful of advisors. The suit accused Shell of talking out of school about corporate deals including UFC and Paramount’s proposed merger with
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