Activision Blizzard had grown from a market cap of around $12 billion in 2012 to more than $45 billion in 2018, while the entire company’s operating income (profit) had leaped from $1.7 billion in 2012 to $2.4 billion in 2018. Kotick’s compensation had swelled to $30.8 million, or about 319 times more than the median employee salary at Activision Blizzard, according to SEC filings. He was mostly paid in stock, but the disparity was still striking.
