Dana Strong, the chief executive of Sky, has been paid more than $30 million in the two years since she took charge of the broadcaster, establishing her as one of the UK’s best-paid bosses.
US telecoms giant Comcast paid the American $15.2 million (£11.9 million) in salary, incentive payments and other benefits in 2022, a year in which Sky suffered a sizeable fall in revenues.
On the FTSE 100, only Pascal Soriot — the boss of Covid vaccine pioneer AstraZeneca — was paid more than Strong, 53, last year. He received £15.3 million.
During Strong’s first year in charge, 2021, her package totalled $16 million. That year, the FTSE 100’s best-paid bosses were Sebastien De Montessus, chief executive of mining firm Endeavour, who took home
