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Flutter boss Peter Jackson’s pay was 100 times more than median UK staffer

Chief executive of Paddy Power owner earned £4.5m last year between pay and bonuses, while median package was £45,209

Peter Jackson: Flutter chief executive received a £3.2m bonus last year, on top of his salary of £1.2m. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Flutter’s chief executive was paid 100 times more than the median package paid out to its UK-based staff, company documents show.

Peter Jackson was paid a total of £4.54 million (€5.29 million) in 2023, according to the Paddy Power owner’s recently published annual report. That compares to median pay at the group’s UK office of £45,209 (€52,717).

It came as the company increased its revenues last year by 25 per cent, with its growing US ...