{"id":86818,"date":"2026-07-29T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86818"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:36:35","slug":"ea-ceo-got-a-huge-pay-increase-while-company-laid-off-devs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86818","title":{"rendered":"EA CEO Got A Huge Pay Increase While Company Laid Off Devs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/ea-nearing-50-billion-deal-with-saudi-arabia-and-other-investors-to-go-private-report\/1100-6535057\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/ea-nearing-50-billion-deal-with-saudi-arabia-and-other-investors-to-go-private-report\/1100-6535057\/\">Saudi Arabia&#8217;s leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts<\/a> is finalized, the newly private company won&#8217;t have to release any financial documents to the public. In the meantime, EA&#8217;s latest financial disclosure has revealed that CEO Andrew Wilson received a massive $30 million increase in his compensation this year, and he wasn&#8217;t the only EA executive to reap the rewards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per EA&#8217;s report filed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/712515\/000130817926000382\/ea2026-10ka.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/712515\/000130817926000382\/ea2026-10ka.htm\">Security and Exchange Commission<\/a>, Wilson&#8217;s compensation package in the previous fiscal year rose by $8 million to $38 million. That total includes bonus payments and stock options. The report also notes that Wilson&#8217;s $38 million payout has a 305-1 ratio to the $126,612 annual total compensation received by EA&#8217;s median employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another eye-opening fact uncovered in the report notes that Wilson only flies on private planes rather than commercial airliners. According to the filing, Wilson received this perk to ensue &#8220;his personal safety and that of his family based on threat intelligence.&#8221; No particular threats were shared, but it was noted that Wilson&#8217;s private flights extended to his personal use as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sky-high salaries of other EA execs was also shared, including the following individuals:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President of EA Entertainment, Laura Miele &#8212; $13.7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Saudi Arabia&#8217;s leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts is finalized, the newly private company won&#8217;t have to release any financial documents to the public. In the meantime, EA&#8217;s latest financial disclosure has revealed that CEO Andrew Wilson received a massive $30 million increase in his compensation this year, and he wasn&#8217;t the only EA executive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":86820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86818"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86821,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86818\/revisions\/86821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}