Don Mattrick, the game-industry veteran who was hired as chief executive officer of Zynga Inc. this week, is receiving compensation totaling more than $50 million to turn around the struggling social-game developer.
He will receive a $5 million signing bonus, $1 million salary, $25 million in restricted stock vesting over three years, and additional restricted shares and options valued at $15 million, the San Francisco-based company said in a filing yesterday. In 2014, Mattrick is eligible for a bonus of as much as $5 million and a performance-based equity grant valued at $7 million.
