Disney Executive Who Left After ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Controversy Made $119,505 per Day

A Walt Disney Company executive who was fired after he instigated a fight against the Florida “Don’t Say Gay’ controversy raked in more than $100,000 per day in his brief stint in Hollywood.
The executive, Geoff Morrell, who was hired as Disney’s chief corporate affairs officer in January 2021, lasted only three months at the job.
In one of the largest rewards for corporate failure, he amassed a gargantuan $8,365,403 in total compensation, or roughly $119,505 a day, over a brief 70-weekday period, according to Disney’s securities filing on Jan. 16.
When taking into account the payouts associated with his termination agreement, the per-day figure skyrocketed to $176,746….}