EA boss Andrew Wilson sees $20m annual pay cut

Andrew Wilson, boss of FIFA and Battlefield writer EA, has seen his annual pay decreased to $19.9m, down from $39.2m beforehand.

The roughly $20m pay minimize was signalled last summer, when EA acknowledged “stockholder suggestions” from a non-binding however decisive say-on-pay vote.

In a nutshell, stockholders stated EA’s execs had been being handed pay awards from the corporate cash pot that had been too massive and too frequent. In response, EA stated it could make “substantial adjustments” to the pay of executives.

Now, a recent firm filing noticed by Axios confirms simply that. The majority of Wilson’s pay for the monetary 12 months ending thirty first March comes from a $18m inventory grant. The earlier 12 months, Wilson was given an identical grant price $30m.

Moreover, Wilson acquired a 3.2 p.c elevate to his base pay, taking it to $1.3m per 12 months – an increase that’s “in keeping with Firm-wide base wage benefit will increase for robust performers”.

EA’s board justified the raises by noting that the corporate had saved to its launch schedule, saved stay providers on-line and grown engagement, boosted worker range and acquired robust worker satisfaction scores.

Not all was rosy, nonetheless – you, Battlefield 2042.

“FIFA 22 was the strongest FIFA ever,” EA wrote in its new submitting. “[EA] grew Apex Legends into some of the profitable stay providers within the trade, with month-to-month lively gamers up greater than 35 p.c year-over-year.” Nevertheless, some this success was “offset” by Battlefield 2042’s efficiency.