Nielsen CEO Kenny Got $12.9M in Pay for 2019

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Nielsen CEO David Kenny received $12.9 million in compensation for 2019, the company disclosed Wednesday.

Kenny, who joined Nielsen in November 2018, had compensation of $19.8 million in 2018. That included $15.1 million in stock awards and a $1.5 million bonus, which was awarded to make up for payments he’d earned at IBM, his previous employer.

He received a $2.5 million bonus in 2019 that also made up for payments he was due to receive from IBM.

As CEO, Kenny helped oversee a strategic review that resulted in Nielsen being split into two companies, one consisting of its global media business, the other its global connect business.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.