Aphria Inc. interim chief executive officer Irwin Simon is one of the cannabis industry’s highest-compensated executives after less than a year of running the company.

Simon, who took over the Leamington, Ont.-based company as interim CEO in March after Vic Neufeld retired, saw his total compensation reach nearly $9.6 million this year, according to a management circular published on Tuesday. The pay package vaults Simon above most of his peers, aside from Tilray CEO Brendan Kennedy, who benefitted handsomely from stock-based compensation last year.

Here’s a tale of the tape on compensation handed out to some of the most powerful figures in the cannabis industry.

*Brendan Kennedy, Tilray CEO

Salary: $425,000

Bonus: $425,000

Option-based awards: $25.1 million

Stock-based awards: $5.8 million

Total compensation: $31.82 million

Irwin Simon, Aphria CEO

Salary: $397,201

Bonus: $325,000

Share-based awards: $901,500

Option-based awards: $7.9 million

Total compensation: $9.58 million

Mark Zekulin, Canopy Growth CEO

Salary: $500,000

Bonus: $250,000

Option-based awards: $5.2 million

Total compensation: $5.96 million

Terry Booth, Aurora Cannabis CEO

Salary: $466,346

Bonus: $408,750

Share-based awards: $406,450

Option-based awards: $1.1 million

Total compensation: $2.41 million

*Mike Gorenstein, Cronos Group CEO

Salary: $266,932

Bonus: None

Option-based awards: $557,910

Total compensation: $824,842

*Denotes 2018 compensation data. All other figures for 2019.