HPE Taps New General Counsel, Legal Chief Gets $9 Million Payday

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. has promoted David Antczak to general counsel and paid its top legal executive, John Schultz, more than $9.1 million in total compensation last year.

HPE disclosed both details in an annual proxy statement filed last week. Schultz was named general counsel in 2012 for predecessor Hewlett-Packard Co., a technology giant that split in 2015 to form HPE, an information technology company, and HP Inc., a computer hardware business.

Schultz subsequently became the top lawyer for HPE. In 2020, the company gave Schultz the additional duties of chief operating officer. His most recent pay package—an increase ...