Paddy Power Chief Earns 1.42m in 2009

The chief executive of Paddy Power Patrick Kennedy was paid a total of €1.42m for 2009, which was up marginally on the €1.39m sum he received in 2008.

Details of the bookmakers’ executive remuneration were contained in its annual report published this afternoon.

Kennedy’s pay package included a salary of €678,000, pension payments of €203,000 and an annual bonus of €500,000 for 2009.

The bookmakers’ managing director of non-retail and development Breon Corcoran earned a total of €827,000 for 2009, which included an annual salary of €460,000 and an annual bonus of €280,000.

Meanwhile, Paddy Power’s finance director Jack Massey earned a total of €555,000 in 2009, which included a salary of €300,000 and an annual bonus of €168,000.

Pictured: Patrick Kennedy, Chief Executive, Paddy Power