Ari Emanuel’s 2024 Pay As CEO Of TKO Group Drops To $18.1M From $64.9M In 2023

Ari Emanuel ‘s compensation for being CEO of TKO Group Holdings in 2024 totaled $18.1 million, a notable drop from the $64.9 million he took home in 2023.

TKO, which owns the WWE and UFC, was formed in 2023. Emanuel has led it as CEO due to the majority stake being held by his previous company, Endeavor Group Holdings . Last month, Endeavor was taken private by Silver Lake Partners.



Emanuel, who is executive chairman of WME Group (Endeavor’s new name), received $175.8 million via the privatization of Endeavor. He also reaped $308 million in 2021 while steering the talent-agency-turned-conglomerate through its 2021 IPO, with most of the payday coming in the form of stock awards related to the offering.

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Watch on Deadline Mark Shapiro , President and COO of TKO, saw his total pay nearly double to $32 million from $16.1 million in 2023. Prior to Silver Lake taking Endeavor private, the company and TKO shuffled assets, with the Professional Bull Riders and sports-focused hospitality firm On Location now under the TKO roof.

Other assets cut loose of late have wound up back in Emanuel’s orbit. He was part of a consortium, which also included major private equity firms Apollo Global Management and RedBird Capital, that acquired tennis tournaments the Madrid Open and Miami Open from Endeavor for $1 billion, according to a report by Bloomberg. As TKO focuses ever more on sports, its main holdings are coming up on significant media rights opportunities.

The WWE, which just made a $5 billion deal with Netflix, is near the end of its streaming deal with Peacock. The UFC, meanwhile, is in an exclusive negotiating window with Disney for rights to its pay-per-view events. Shapiro has said the company is looking to double its current deal, which would put it north of $1 billion a year.

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