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AST SpaceMobile (ASTS): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$14,222,500CEO Abel Avellan · source
Say-on-pay support97.99%Latest vote · source
CEO pay ratio103:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $14,222,500FY2025

CEO total pay was $14,222,500 in fiscal 2025; the brief holds no earlier figure for this CEO.

FY2025: salary $0 · bonus $0 · stock awards $14,222,500 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at AST SpaceMobile in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Abel Avellan (Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at AST SpaceMobile in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $14,222,500.
What is AST SpaceMobile's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, AST SpaceMobile's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 103:1.
How did shareholders vote on AST SpaceMobile's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 97.99% of shareholders supported AST SpaceMobile's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does AST SpaceMobile spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, AST SpaceMobile reported total board compensation of $1,323,265 for fiscal 2025.

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
Abel Avellan$0$0$14,222,500$0$0$0$0$14,222,500
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Johnson250,00008,841,5000475,000064,9389,631,438
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Legal Officer
Shanti Gupta250,00008,841,5000475,00002259,566,725
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Scott Wisniewski250,00008,841,5000475,00001509,566,650
President, Chief Strategy Officer
Huiwen Yao250,000150,000000016,765416,765
Chief Technology 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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Abel Avellan$14,222,500———
Andrew Johnson9,631,4382,820,260—↑ +6,811,178
Shanti Gupta9,566,7253,321,930—↑ +6,244,795
Scott Wisniewski9,566,6502,586,870—↑ +6,979,780
Huiwen Yao416,765266,110—↑ +150,655

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

The executive compensation philosophy is designed to attract and retain high-quality leadership, promote a pay-for-performance culture, and align executive interests with long-term stockholder value. The program aims to provide total direct compensation opportunities that are appropriately positioned relative to competitors in the broader SpaceTech ecosystem while limiting perquisites and discouraging unreasonable risk-taking.

CEO STI target (% of salary)NaN%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Clawback policyAdopted in 2023 pursuant to Nasdaq listing standards, Section 10D of the Exchange Act, Rule 10D-1, and the Dodd-Frank Act. Requires recovery of excess incentive compensation in the event of an accounting restatement.
Anti-hedgingPolicy prohibits directors and officers from engaging in hedging transactions (e.g., prepaid variable forwards, equity swaps, collars) unless approved in advance by the Chief Legal Officer, CEO, Board, or Audit Committee.
Anti-pledgingReferenced as a 'Restrictive Hedging/Pledging policy' in the 'What We Do' section, but specific pledging details are not provided in the text.
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Andrew JohnsonPSU2025-12-02—125,000—125,000$0
Abel AvellanRSU2025-12-02——250,000—14,222,500
Shanti GuptaPSU2025-12-02—125,000—125,0000
Scott WisniewskiPSU2025-05-3056,25075,000—93,7501,730,250
Abel AvellanPSU2025-12-02—250,000—250,0000
Shanti GuptaPSU2025-05-3056,25075,000—93,7501,730,250
Scott WisniewskiRSU2025-12-02——125,000—7,111,250
Shanti GuptaRSU2025-12-02——125,000—7,111,250
Andrew JohnsonRSU2025-12-02——125,000—7,111,250
Andrew JohnsonPSU2025-05-3056,25075,000—93,7501,730,250
Scott WisniewskiPSU2025-12-02—125,000—125,0000

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Andrew Johnson$7,111,250$1,730,250$019.6%
Abel Avellan14,222,500000.0%
Shanti Gupta7,111,2501,730,250019.6%
Scott Wisniewski7,111,2501,730,250019.6%

% 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 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Andrew JohnsonRSU50,000—$3,631,500
Scott WisniewskiRSU50,000—3,631,500
Shanti GuptaRSU50,000—3,631,500
Andrew JohnsonRSU62,500—4,539,375
Scott WisniewskiRSU62,500—4,539,375
Shanti GuptaPSU75,000—5,447,250
Andrew JohnsonRSU125,000—9,078,750
Andrew JohnsonPSU125,000—9,078,750
Scott WisniewskiRSU125,000—9,078,750
Scott WisniewskiPSU125,000—9,078,750
Shanti GuptaRSU125,000—9,078,750
Shanti GuptaPSU125,000—9,078,750
Andrew JohnsonRSU225,000—16,341,750
Abel AvellanRSU250,000—18,157,500
Abel AvellanPSU250,000—18,157,500
Huiwen YaoRSU339,912—0
Huiwen YaoOption507,5510.6—
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Johan WiberghIndependent · Compensation · Audit · Network Planning and Spectrum (Chair)$87,500$192,653$0—$0$280,153
Julio A. TorresIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Compensation · Audit (Chair)82,500192,6530—0275,153
Adriana CisnerosIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Compensation (Chair) · Redemption Election70,000192,6530—0262,653
Richard SarnoffIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)60,000192,6530—0252,653
Ronald RubinIndependent · Audit60,000192,6530—0252,653
Andrew JohnsonEmployee director—————0
Edward KnappNot independent · Network Planning and Spectrum000—00
Luke IbbetsonNot independent · Network Planning and Spectrum000—00
Hiroshi MikitaniNot independent · Departed during FY000—00
Abel AvellanEmployee director · Board Chair · Network Planning and Spectrum—————0
Keith LarsonNot independent · Network Planning and Spectrum000—00

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$50,000
Annual equity retainer$175,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$360,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$963,265
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,323,265

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

Peer group, and who names AST SpaceMobile as a peer

Companies that benchmark against ASTS

1 company names ASTS as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses ASTS in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named ASTS in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

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

Peer reciprocity

The companies AST SpaceMobile names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.

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
1Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.2025Dave Schaeffer$0$24,836,176$0$530,243$25,372,519
2Trimble Inc.2025Robert Painter950,00013,311,8642,230,6372,633,44319,129,944
3AeroVironment, Inc.2026Wahid Nawabi1,118,82913,339,7150767,60915,253,775
4Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd2026William Brennan650,00012,641,00001,137,50014,428,500
5AST SpaceMobile2025Abel Avellan014,222,5000014,222,500
6Viasat, Inc.2026Mark Dankberg1,406,53810,305,39002,450,00014,208,178
7Heico Corporation2025Eric A. Mendelson1,281,00007,522,0743,062,03013,029,835
8Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.2025Eric DeMarco1,000,0008,244,00001,500,00010,832,739
9Iridium Communications, Inc.2025Matthew Desch1,047,5097,612,0820330,6209,013,522
10Leonardo DRS, Inc.2025William Lynn III1,157,2494,846,53202,126,5008,224,992
11Sirius XM Holdings Inc.2025Jennifer Witz2,000,000006,000,0008,012,795
12Hexcel Corporation2025Thomas Gentile III1,100,0003,374,9611,685,259923,2307,252,875
13Rocket Lab USA, Inc.2025Peter Beck800,0006,030,680006,830,680
14Spire Global, Inc.2025Theresa Condor564,5255,363,4600468,0516,413,560
15Redwire Corporation2025Peter Cannito574,5003,656,3330189,5854,432,562
16Teledyne Technologies Incorporated2025George C. Bobb III816,827601,5461,730,5221,080,9084,255,049
17Joby Aviation, Inc.2025JoeBen Bevirt657,4333,045,189003,706,622
18Astera Labs, Inc.2025Jitendra Mohan613,750001,332,7252,223,475
19Liberty Broadband Corporation2025Martin Patterson01,028,236001,194,406
20Globalstar, Inc.2025Paul Jacobs500,000200,000001,012,452

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
AST SpaceMobile95% of target%RSUs 50 · PSUs 50NoMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
AeroVironment, Inc.62%PSU 65 · RSU 35NoPay Governance
Astera Labs, Inc.180.586%%RSUs 100not disclosedCompensia
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.106%not disclosedNoCompensia
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltdnot disclosedPSU 100NoCompensia
Globalstar, Inc.not disclosednot disclosedNoIndependent compensation consultant (name not disclosed)
Heico Corporationnot disclosedOption 100not disclosedFW Cook
Hexcel Corporation76.3%not disclosedNoSemler Brossy
Iridium Communications, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50not disclosedClearBridge
Joby Aviation, Inc.64.5%not disclosedNoCompensia, Inc.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50NoBoard Advisory, LLC
Leonardo DRS, Inc.153%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoExequity
Liberty Broadband Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Redwire Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWTW
Rocket Lab USA, Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosedCompensia
Sirius XM Holdings Inc.102%not disclosedNoMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Spire Global, Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosedCompensia, Inc.
Teledyne Technologies Incorporatednot disclosedOptions 33 · Cash LTI 33 · PSU 33NoExequity
Trimble Inc.138.6%PSU 60 · RSU 25 · Options 15Yes — Total Shareholder Return (TSR) relative to S&P 500Mercer (US) LLC
Viasat, Inc.121%RSU 50 · PSU 25 · Cash LTI 25Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR) vs. Russell 3000 IndexCompensia

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
20262026-06-12857,850,35117,588,127530,26497.99%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
20262026-06-1297.99%a

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting, excluding abstentions and broker non-votes, is required to approve the non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers. || Abstentions: Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be considered 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)103 : 1
CEO total compensation$14,222,500
Median employee compensation$138,560
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (53 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, Abel Avellan. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 28. As printed: 14,222,500. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Andrew Johnson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 9,631,438. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Shanti Gupta. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 9,566,725. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Scott Wisniewski. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 9,566,650. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Huiwen Yao. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 416,765. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Andrew Johnson PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Abel Avellan RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Shanti Gupta PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Scott Wisniewski PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Abel Avellan PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Shanti Gupta PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Scott Wisniewski RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Shanti Gupta RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Andrew Johnson RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Andrew Johnson PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Scott Wisniewski PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 103 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Johan Wibergh. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 280,153. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Julio A. Torres. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 275,153. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Adriana Cisneros. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 262,653. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Richard Sarnoff. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 252,653. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ronald Rubin. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 252,653. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Andrew Johnson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Edward Knapp. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Luke Ibbetson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Hiroshi Mikitani. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Abel Avellan. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Keith Larson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-15. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.99% (votes for as printed: 857,850,351). 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 360,000 + equity 963,265 + all other 0 = 1,323,265, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 25,372,519. View filing ↗
  • Trimble Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Trimble Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 19,129,944. View filing ↗
  • AeroVironment, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-14. CEO total compensation as printed in AeroVironment, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 15,253,775. View filing ↗
  • Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd's own proxy. As printed: 14,428,500. View filing ↗
  • AST SpaceMobile (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in AST SpaceMobile's own proxy. As printed: 14,222,500. View filing ↗
  • Viasat, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Viasat, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 14,208,178. View filing ↗
  • Heico Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Heico Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 13,029,835. View filing ↗
  • Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,832,739. View filing ↗
  • Iridium Communications, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Iridium Communications, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,013,522. View filing ↗
  • Leonardo DRS, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-03. CEO total compensation as printed in Leonardo DRS, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,224,992. View filing ↗
  • Sirius XM Holdings Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Sirius XM Holdings Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,012,795. View filing ↗
  • Hexcel Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Hexcel Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 7,252,875. View filing ↗
  • Rocket Lab USA, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-06. CEO total compensation as printed in Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,830,680. View filing ↗
  • Spire Global, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Spire Global, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,413,560. View filing ↗
  • Redwire Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Redwire Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 4,432,562. View filing ↗
  • Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Teledyne Technologies Incorporated's own proxy. As printed: 4,255,049. View filing ↗
  • Joby Aviation, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Joby Aviation, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,706,622. View filing ↗
  • Astera Labs, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Astera Labs, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,223,475. View filing ↗
  • Liberty Broadband Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Liberty Broadband Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 1,194,406. View filing ↗
  • Globalstar, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Globalstar, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,012,452. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. names AST SpaceMobile in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
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