You’ve lost the CEO succession race. Here’s your multi-million dollar bonus

In today’s CEO Daily: Fortune‘s Claire Zillman digs into just how well retention bonuses work. The big leadership story: Paramount wins the war for Warner Bros. Discovery. The markets: Mixed globally; Nvidia’s losses dragged down the S&P 500 on Thursday. Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Good morning. When a chief executive succession race narrows to just a few contenders, losing doesn’t always mean losing out. I’ve noticed lately that some high-profile CEO contests have resulted ...