david zaslav was compensated $ 156.1 million for his role as ceo of discovery communications in 2014 it was revealed on friday .
this amount is thanks to the success of television events like shark week and shows like the once popular here comes honey boo boo .
he also helps to run oprah winfrey 's network , own .
this amount is far , far greater than the $ 93million cbs chairman sumner redstone made in 2013 , the highest paid television executive .
of this money , $ 144million is in stocks .