CEO total pay
$96,496,790
Satya Nadella · 2025
Say on pay
91%
Latest disclosed shareholder vote
CEO pay ratio
Item 402(u)480 to 1
Median employee: $200,972
Compensation committee
CD&ACompensation Committee
Per the latest proxy
Filings indexed: 3 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Satya Nadella2025 compensation | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $96,496,790↑ 22% | 97% at-risk | $2,500,000 | $84,245,496 | $9,555,000 | $196,294 |
Judson B. Althoff2025 compensation | Executive Vice President and CEO Microsoft Commercial | $28,198,734↑ 22% | 96% at-risk | $993,333 | $23,708,619 | $3,398,194 | $98,588 |
Amy E. Hood2025 compensation | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $29,481,551↑ 14% | 97% at-risk | $1,000,000 | $25,037,360 | $3,421,000 | $23,191 |
Bradford L. Smith2025 compensation | Vice Chair and President | $28,267,295↑ 21% | 96% at-risk | $1,000,000 | $23,734,545 | $3,421,000 | $111,750 |
Takeshi Numoto2025 compensation | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer | $11,876,630 | 93% at-risk | $800,000 | $9,005,380 | $2,056,000 | $15,250 |
Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other
CD&A excerpt
Compensation discussion & analysis
Opening passage of the loaded filing's CD&A. Use Ask below to query the full text with citations.
Read the full CD&A on SEC.gov ↗
Peer comparison
Who they benchmark against
2025 Primary Peer Group
13 members
ADOBE INC. · Alphabet Inc. · AMAZON COM INC · Apple Inc. · Broadcom Inc. · CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. · INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP · INTEL CORP · …
2025 Secondary Peer Group
11 members
Accenture plc · AT&T INC. · COMCAST CORP · JOHNSON & JOHNSON · Merck & Co., Inc. · NETFLIX INC · PFIZER INC · PROCTER & GAMBLE Co · …
Governance
Policy guardrails
hedging
prohibited
“Prohibit pledging, hedging, and trading in derivatives of Microsoft securities”
pledging
prohibited
“Prohibit pledging, hedging, and trading in derivatives of Microsoft securities”
clawback
present
“Clawback Policy”
stock ownership guidelines
present
“Maintain a robust stock ownership policy that reinforces the alignment of executive officer and shareholder interests (including requiring stock ownership of 15x base salary for our CEO)”
change in control
none
“No change in control payments or benefits”
compensation consultant
independent
“Retain an independent compensation consultant”
compensation committee
Compensation Committee
“Our Compensation Committee and, for Mr”
Performance markers
Metric facts
relative tsr
80th percentile
“our TSR for the three-fiscal year performance period to the TSR of the S&P 500. Our absolute TSR for the performance period satisfied the PSA payout requirement that TSR be positive. Our TSR relative to the S&P 500 was a…”
tsr
1500%
“every organization on the planet to achieve more. By enabling customer success, Microsoft has delivered exceptional financial performance, more than tripling revenue to $281.7 billion, quadrupling net income to $101.8 bi…”
revenue
$281.7 billion
“Since being appointed Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors in 2014, Mr. Nadella has committed Microsoft to its mission of empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. By enab…”
operating income
$128.5 billion
“the efficacy of further enhancements. Section 1 – Performance Update Achieving Strong Financial Results Our strong business execution throughout fiscal year 2025 achieved the following financial performance: Fiscal Year …”
annual incentive payout
117.00% of target
“weighted payout of 117.00% as a percentage of target.”
performance equity mix
50%
“100% of our CEO’s annual target equity opportunity was delivered in the form of a performance-based stock award (50% for our other Named Executives), with payouts based on achievement against pre-established quantitative…”
time equity mix
50%
“100% of our CEO’s annual target equity opportunity was delivered in the form of a performance-based stock award (50% for our other Named Executives), with payouts based on achievement against pre-established quantitative…”
say on pay
91%
“votes cast supported our advisory resolution on the compensation of our Named Executives (“say-on-pay” vote).”
ceo pay ratio
480 to 1
“CEO Pay Ratio For fiscal year 2025, the annual total compensation for the median employee of the Company (other than our CEO) was $200,972 and the annual total compensation of our CEO was $96,496,790. Based on this infor…”
median employee compensation
$200,972
“CEO Pay Ratio For fiscal year 2025, the annual total compensation for the median employee of the Company (other than our CEO) was $200,972 and the annual total compensation of our CEO was $96,496,790. Based on this infor…”
Ask
Anything about MICROSOFT CORP’s 2025 proxy
Answers are grounded in the loaded filing and cite specific artifacts. Bring your own free Google AI Studio key.
Loading the Ask interface…