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Incyte (I): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$32,085,952CEO William Meury · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $32,085,952FY2025

CEO total pay was $32,085,952 in fiscal 2025; the brief holds no earlier figure for this CEO.

FY2025: salary $647,260 · bonus $0 · stock awards $27,509,657 · option awards $2,573,998

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Incyte Corp in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, William Meury (Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Incyte Corp in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $32,085,952.

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.

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
William Meury$647,260$0$27,509,657$2,573,998$1,300,000$0$55,037$32,085,952
Chief Executive Officer
Mohamed Issa690,4111,000,0007,870,118450,983533,610047,66010,592,782
Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Commercial
Pablo Cagnoni966,51604,952,3781,815,1591,007,027097,8818,838,961
President and Global Head of Research and Development
Hervé Hoppenot1,392,49901,971,9751,694,0341,026,0720295,9456,380,525
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Steven Stein835,06703,466,6751,270,592696,054035,7846,304,172
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Late-stage Development
Christiana Stamoulis520,83903,136,4681,149,58800129,6554,936,550
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Tray358,1890305,897154,623149,423022,236990,368
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial 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
William Meury$32,085,952———
Mohamed Issa10,592,782———
Pablo Cagnoni8,838,961———
Hervé Hoppenot6,380,525———
Steven Stein6,304,172———
Christiana Stamoulis4,936,550———
Thomas Tray990,368———

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

Equity grants and outstanding awards

No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Thomas TrayOption41077.67—
Thomas TrayOption43383.2—
Thomas TrayRSU1,038—102,523
Thomas TrayOption1,66561.76—
Thomas TrayOption1,79461.18—
Thomas TrayOption2,21771.93—
Thomas TrayOption2,44464.25—
Thomas TrayOption2,45468.25—
Thomas TrayRSU2,833—279,815
Thomas TrayRSU3,008—297,100
Steven SteinOption3,74377.67—
Thomas TrayRSU3,805—375,820
Steven SteinOption3,95283.2—
Thomas TrayRSU4,482—442,687
Steven SteinRSU4,736—467,775
Pablo CagnoniRSU4,834—477,454
Hervé HoppenotRSU6,016—594,200
Steven SteinRSU6,768—668,475
Pablo CagnoniOption8,02661.76—
Pablo CagnoniOption8,64761.18—
Mohamed IssaRSU8,769—866,114
Steven SteinRSU10,422—1,029,381
Steven SteinOption11,23661.76—
Hervé HoppenotOption11,94277.67—
Steven SteinOption12,10561.18—
Steven SteinRSU12,277—1,212,599
Hervé HoppenotOption12,60883.2—
Hervé HoppenotRSU14,475—1,429,696
Pablo CagnoniRSU14,889—1,470,587
Thomas TrayPSU15,166—1,497,945
Pablo CagnoniRSU17,538—1,732,228
Hervé HoppenotRSU18,050—1,782,799
Steven SteinOption18,21571.93—
Hervé HoppenotOption18,43870.81—
Mohamed IssaOption19,735—1,949,226
Mohamed IssaOption19,73568.25—
Steven SteinOption20,07864.25—
Hervé HoppenotRSU20,684—2,042,959
Mohamed IssaRSU21,923—2,165,335
Pablo CagnoniRSU24,170—2,387,271
Pablo CagnoniOption26,02171.93—
Steven SteinOption27,62968.25—
Mohamed IssaRSU27,812—2,746,991
Pablo CagnoniOption28,68364.25—
Hervé HoppenotRSU29,468—2,910,554
Steven SteinRSU30,692—3,031,449
Steven SteinRSU33,838—3,342,179
Steven SteinPSU34,203—3,378,230
Steven SteinRSU34,739—3,431,171
Hervé HoppenotOption35,84961.76—
Hervé HoppenotOption35,85171.93—
William MeuryRSU36,101—3,565,696
Hervé HoppenotOption38,62161.18—
Pablo CagnoniOption39,47168.25—
Hervé HoppenotOption39,51964.25—
Pablo CagnoniRSU43,846—4,330,669
Mohamed IssaRSU48,671—4,807,235
Pablo CagnoniRSU49,627—4,901,659
Pablo CagnoniRSU55,441—5,475,908
Thomas TrayRSU60,751—6,000,373
Hervé HoppenotPSU70,643—6,977,409
Steven SteinRSU99,269—9,804,799
Hervé HoppenotRSU107,960—10,663,209
William MeuryRSU108,303—10,697,087
William MeuryOption110,630—10,926,925
William MeuryOption110,63070.81—
Pablo CagnoniRSU117,643—11,619,599
Hervé HoppenotRSU123,076—12,156,217
William MeuryRSU125,000—12,346,250
Pablo CagnoniRSU192,400—19,003,348
Pablo CagnoniPSU229,661—22,683,617
Hervé HoppenotRSU249,086—24,602,225
Steven SteinRSU294,391—29,076,999
Hervé HoppenotRSU1,370,432—135,357,573
William MeuryPSU3,565,696—352,183,784
Mohamed IssaPSU8,420,340—831,676,909
Director compensation

No director compensation table is on file for fiscal year 2025.

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$65,000
Annual equity retainer$400,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)25,000 / 25,000 / 20,000
Stock ownership guideline$390,000
Peer group, and who names Incyte as a peer

Companies that benchmark against I

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

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

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
1Incyte Corp2025William Meury$647,260$27,509,657$2,573,998$1,300,000$32,085,952

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.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio

No say-on-pay vote is on file for this company.

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (8 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 Meury. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 32,085,952. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Mohamed Issa. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 10,592,782. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Pablo Cagnoni. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 8,838,961. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Hervé Hoppenot. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 6,380,525. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Steven Stein. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 6,304,172. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Christiana Stamoulis. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 4,936,550. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Thomas Tray. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 990,368. View filing ↗
  • Incyte Corp (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Incyte Corp's own proxy. As printed: 32,085,952. View filing ↗
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