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Planet Labs PBC (PL): executive pay, fiscal 2026

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CEO total pay$4,626,138CEO William Marshall · source
Say-on-pay support97.97%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers5th pct.Of 20 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio32.5:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $6,250,741FY2024
  • $4,746,341FY2025
  • $4,626,138FY2026

CEO total pay was $4,626,138 in fiscal 2026, down from $4,746,341 in fiscal 2025.

FY2026: salary $450,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $4,175,688 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Planet Labs PBC in fiscal 2026?
As disclosed, William Marshall (Chairperson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Planet Labs PBC in fiscal 2026, with total compensation of $4,626,138.
How does Planet Labs PBC's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, William Marshall's total compensation ranked at the 5th percentile of Planet Labs PBC's disclosed peer group.
What is Planet Labs PBC's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Planet Labs PBC's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 32.5:1.
How did shareholders vote on Planet Labs PBC's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 97.97% of shareholders supported Planet Labs PBC's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Planet Labs PBC spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2026?
As disclosed, Planet Labs PBC reported total board compensation of $2,018,784 for fiscal 2026.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
William Marshall$450,000$0$4,175,688$0$0$0$450$4,626,138
Chairperson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ashley Johnson425,00002,116,9810007402,542,721
President and Chief Financial Officer
Robbie Schingler Jr.375,00001,311,7760004471,687,223
Director, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2026 totalFY2025 totalFY2024 totalΔ FY2025→2026
William Marshall$4,626,138$4,746,341$6,250,741↓ −120,203
Ashley Johnson2,542,7213,396,6743,315,938↓ −853,953
Robbie Schingler Jr.1,687,2232,209,8852,726,770↓ −522,662

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Provide overall compensation to our executives that is aligned to our strategic goals and is externally competitive while maintaining internal parity and rewarding performance without excessive risks.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantFW Cook
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2026

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Ashley JohnsonPSU2025-03-20—60,468—75,585$256,384
Robbie Schingler Jr.PSU2025-03-20—38,110—47,638161,587
Robbie Schingler Jr.RSU2025-03-10——315,986—1,150,189
Ashley JohnsonRSU2025-03-10——511,153—1,860,597
William MarshallRSU2025-03-12——946,970—3,787,880
William MarshallPSU2025-03-20—91,464—114,330387,808

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Ashley Johnson$1,860,597$256,384$012.1%
Robbie Schingler Jr.1,150,189161,587012.3%
William Marshall3,787,880387,80809.3%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2026

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Ashley JohnsonRSU24,255—$605,647
SchinglerOption28,7199.75—
Ashley JohnsonOption31,9129.75—
SchinglerRSU32,393—808,853
SchinglerRSU36,367—908,084
Ashley JohnsonRSU51,398—1,283,408
Ashley JohnsonRSU61,316—1,531,061
William MarshallOption76,5909.75—
William MarshallRSU77,774—1,942,017
William MarshallRSU123,900—3,093,783
SchinglerRSU170,579—4,259,358
Ashley JohnsonRSU204,695—5,111,234
SchinglerRSU256,739—6,410,773
SchinglerRSU407,240—10,168,783
William MarshallRSU409,389—10,222,443
Ashley JohnsonRSU415,312—10,370,341
Ashley JohnsonRSU636,313—15,888,736
William MarshallRSU769,414—19,212,268
William MarshallRSU890,838—22,244,225
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Ita BrennanIndependent · Audit (Chair)$20,000$306,128$0—$0$326,128
John W. RaymondIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance67,346254,8380—0322,184
Carl BassIndependent · Lead Independent Director100,000214,2890—0314,289
Kristen RobinsonIndependent · Compensation (Chair)25,938275,5170—0301,455
Vijaya GaddeIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)83,000214,2890—0297,289
Gary B. SmithIndependent · Audit41,815214,2890—0256,104
Scott ReeseIndependent · Audit18,493116,1640—0134,657
Heidi RoizenIndependent33,33900—033,339
Niccolo de MasiIndependent33,33900—033,339
Robert Schingler JrEmployee director—————0
William MarshallEmployee director · Board Chair—————0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$75,000
Annual equity retainer$175,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 12,000
Stock ownership guideline$3

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2026
Cash retainers and fees$423,270
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,595,514
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$2,018,784

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Planet Labs PBC as a peer

Companies that benchmark against PL

No companies currently name PL as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2026

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Intapp, Inc.2026John Hall$526,040$17,422,991$0$0$18,548,023
2JFrog Ltd.2025Shlomi Ben Haim620,83315,200,8310913,58116,808,937
3Qualys, Inc.2025Sumedh Thakar616,16714,597,5650723,37715,947,158
4PagerDuty, Inc.2026Jennifer Tejada600,00014,219,7660347,76015,268,028
5SiTime Corporation2025Rajesh Vashist850,00011,456,63701,700,00014,261,046
6DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.2025Mark Zagorski670,00010,323,7210797,30011,814,232
7BlackLine, Inc.2025Owen Ryan524,23110,603,0670473,37811,614,676
8Q2 Holdings, Inc.2025Matthew Flake520,00010,372,9980552,87911,492,510
9LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.2025Scott Howe690,0008,039,0470830,3469,582,835
10Olo Inc.2024Noah H. Glass500,0008,525,3590468,3689,510,745
11Pros Holdings, Inc.2024Andres Reiner540,0008,108,9370392,0409,058,301
12Couchbase, Inc.2025Matthew Cain535,0007,639,0000508,2508,685,250
13Cognex Corporation2025Matthew Moschner528,8461,670,0404,829,9111,059,4368,099,369
14Alkami Technology, Inc.2025Alex Shootman558,4806,222,6750699,7757,492,018
15Ambarella, Inc.2026Feng-Ming (Fermi) Wang575,0005,933,3300846,0007,354,330
16Impinj, Inc.2025Chris Diorio449,7706,643,537007,108,558
17A10 Networks, Inc.2025Dhrupad Trivedi697,9175,211,97301,056,8006,974,141
18Fastly, Inc.2025Charles Compton438,7826,313,831006,798,332
19Magnite, Inc.2025Michael Barrett650,0003,601,632927,883629,4605,842,620
20Planet Labs PBC2026William Marshall450,0004,175,688004,626,138
21Agilysys, Inc.2026Ramesh Srinivasan600,000600,000001,213,846

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Planet Labs PBCnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedFW Cook
A10 Networks, Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50NoRadford-AON
Agilysys, Inc.100%RSU 100not disclosedCompensation consultant (name not disclosed in provided text)
Alkami Technology, Inc.125.3%RSU 100not disclosedFW Cook
Ambarella, Inc.147%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Three-year relative total shareholder return (TSR)Semler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC
BlackLine, Inc.90.1%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Relative TSRCompensia
Cognex Corporation193%Options 33 · RSU 33 · PSU 33NoPay Governance, LLC
Couchbase, Inc.95%not disclosedNoCompensia
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.119%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Relative TSRCompensia
Fastly, Inc.135.4%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR)Semler Brossy
Impinj, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — TSR relative to S&P Semiconductor Select Industry IndexCompensia
Intapp, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAlpine Rewards, LLC
JFrog Ltd.147.2%RSU 58 · PSU 42Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR)Compensia
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.109.4%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Relative TSR vs Russell 2000Compensia, Inc.
Magnite, Inc.100.38%PSU 50 · RSU 30 · Options 20Yes — TSR performance relative to the Russell 2000 indexSemler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC
Olo Inc.93.7%not disclosedNoCompensia
PagerDuty, Inc.58.0%PSU 50 · RSU 50NoCompensia, Inc.
Pros Holdings, Inc.66%RSU 60 · MSU 40NoFW Cook
Q2 Holdings, Inc.106.3%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Relative TSRMercer
Qualys, Inc.not disclosednot disclosedNoCompensia, Inc.
SiTime Corporation200%PSU 65 · RSU 35NoPearl Meyer

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-07-09643,911,96113,362,0979,019,93097.97%Passed
20242024-07-11513,085,08316,188,6168,306,68996.94%Passed
20232023-07-11487,466,7761,129,9047,082,26199.77%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-07-0997.97%a
20242024-07-1196.94%b
20232023-07-1199.77%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Proposal 3 : Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers -- The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes). | Abstentions: Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Proposal 4 : Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers -- The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes). | Abstentions: Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will not be counted as votes cast.”.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)32.5 : 1
CEO total compensation$4,626,138
Median employee compensation$142,428
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (48 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, William Marshall. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 40. As printed: 4,626,138. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Ashley Johnson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,542,721. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Robbie Schingler Jr.. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,687,223. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ashley Johnson PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robbie Schingler Jr. PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robbie Schingler Jr. RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ashley Johnson RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, William Marshall RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, William Marshall PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 32.5 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ita Brennan. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 326,128. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, John W. Raymond. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 322,184. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Carl Bass. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 314,289. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kristen Robinson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 301,455. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Vijaya Gadde. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 297,289. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Gary B. Smith. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 256,104. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Scott Reese. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 134,657. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Heidi Roizen. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 33,339. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Niccolo de Masi. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 33,339. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Robert Schingler Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, William Marshall. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-07-10. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.97% (votes for as printed: 643,911,961). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-07-11. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.94% (votes for as printed: 513,085,083). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2023-07-11. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.77% (votes for as printed: 487,466,776). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 423,270 + equity 1,595,514 + all other 0 = 2,018,784, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Intapp, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-06. CEO total compensation as printed in Intapp, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 18,548,023. View filing ↗
  • JFrog Ltd., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in JFrog Ltd.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,808,937. View filing ↗
  • Qualys, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Qualys, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 15,947,158. View filing ↗
  • PagerDuty, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-04. CEO total compensation as printed in PagerDuty, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 15,268,028. View filing ↗
  • SiTime Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. CEO total compensation as printed in SiTime Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 14,261,046. View filing ↗
  • DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,814,232. View filing ↗
  • BlackLine, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in BlackLine, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,614,676. View filing ↗
  • Q2 Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Q2 Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,492,510. View filing ↗
  • LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-06-27. CEO total compensation as printed in LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,582,835. View filing ↗
  • Olo Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Olo Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,510,745. View filing ↗
  • Pros Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-03-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Pros Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,058,301. View filing ↗
  • Couchbase, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Couchbase, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,685,250. View filing ↗
  • Cognex Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Cognex Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 8,099,369. View filing ↗
  • Alkami Technology, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Alkami Technology, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,492,018. View filing ↗
  • Ambarella, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-15. CEO total compensation as printed in Ambarella, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,354,330. View filing ↗
  • Impinj, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Impinj, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,108,558. View filing ↗
  • A10 Networks, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-10. CEO total compensation as printed in A10 Networks, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,974,141. View filing ↗
  • Fastly, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Fastly, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,798,332. View filing ↗
  • Magnite, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Magnite, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,842,620. View filing ↗
  • Planet Labs PBC (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Planet Labs PBC's own proxy. As printed: 4,626,138. View filing ↗
  • Agilysys, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Agilysys, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,213,846. View filing ↗
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