CEO total pay
$52,838,751
Charles H. Robbins · 2025
Say on pay
Not disclosed
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CEO pay ratio
Item 402(u)298 to 1
Median employee: $52,838,751
Compensation committee
CD&ACompensation Committee
Per the latest proxy
Filings indexed: 2 · 2025 · 2024
Executive pay
What did they pay them?
From the Summary Compensation Table. Pay mix and YoY are computed from these rows.
| Executive | Role | TotalYoY | Pay mix | Salary | Stock | Cash incentive | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles H. Robbins2025 compensation | Chair and Chief Executive Officer | $52,838,751↑ 35% | 96% at-risk | $1,390,000 | $41,266,351 | $5,117,424 | $460,637 |
R. Scott Herren2025 compensation | Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $24,293,618↑ 29% | 95% at-risk | $896,875 | $19,240,877 | $2,031,960 | $145,904 |
Gary Steele2025 compensation | Former President, Go-to-Market | $32,833,555↑ 3708% | 84% at-risk | $792,308 | $32,833,555 | — | $6,541,142 |
Jeetu Patel2025 compensation | Named executive officer | $25,687,435 | 96% at-risk | $859,184 | $22,497,852 | $1,947,596 | $138,588 |
Dev Stahlkopf2025 compensation | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | $15,826,734↑ 27% | 94% at-risk | $732,875 | $12,758,943 | $1,660,402 | $132,689 |
Thimaya Subaiya2025 compensation | Executive Vice President, Operations | $14,738,615↑ 184% | 95% at-risk | $761,731 | $14,243,604 | $1,726,112 | $138,771 |
Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other
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Governance
Policy guardrails
hedging
all external acquisition and divestiture-related costs such as finder’s fees, advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, hedging or other professional or consulting fees directly associated with acquisitions
“all external acquisition and divestiture-related costs such as finder’s fees, advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, hedging or other professional or consulting fees directly associated with acquisitions”
pledging
prohibited
“lmitigates compensation-related risk through a balanced structure and related policies such as stock ownership guidelines, pledging prohibitions, etc.”
clawback
present
“recoupment policy was filed as Exhibit 97.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2025.”
stock ownership guidelines
present
“stock ownership guidelines, pledging prohibitions, etc.”
change in control
The Letter Agreement provides certain employment termination provisions during the period that change in control severance benefits would have applied under his previous employment agreement with Splunk, prior to the acquisition
“The Letter Agreement provides certain employment termination provisions during the period that change in control severance benefits would have applied under his previous employment agreement with Splunk, prior to the acq…”
compensation consultant
independent
“independent compensation consultant, and CEO/HR input.”
compensation committee
Compensation Committee
“Compensation Committee Matters41”
Performance markers
Metric facts
revenue
$56.7 billion
“highlights for fiscal 2025. Executive Summary Company Performance In fiscal 2025, we delivered strong revenue growth across all geographies demonstrating robust demand for our technologies. Our results for fiscal 2025 in…”
operating income
$14.8 billion
“the beginning of each fiscal year. In September 2024, the Compensation Committee determined that operating income was the appropriate operating goal for the fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024 PRSUs for the fiscal 2025 portion o…”
time equity mix
8.25%
“Consistent with typical practices among competitors for key talent in the technology sector and responsive to recruiting and retention considerations in this market, 34% of the time-based RSUs granted during fiscal 2025 …”
ceo pay ratio
298 to 1
“as a result, the pay ratio reported by us may not be comparable to the pay ratio reported by other companies. As determined in accordance with SEC rules, the fiscal 2025 annual total compensation was $52,838,751 for our …”
median employee compensation
$52,838,751
“CEO Pay Ratio Presented below is the ratio of annual total compensation of our CEO to the annual total compensation of our median employee. The ratio is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with Item 4…”
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