Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer · Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)

Akash Palkhiwala

A named executive officer of Qualcomm in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$13,135,120

FY2024: $12,831,766

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 22, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Akash Palkhiwala compensation by year

Qualcomm Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Qualcomm reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$928,654$750,214$750,214$750,214$848,151$900,000
Bonus$250,000$250,000$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$5,150,312$4,800,193$0$7,390,206$10,000,421$10,505,694
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,500,000$1,118,000$1,339,000$225,000$1,877,000$1,593,000
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0$0$0$0
All other$199,190$104,059$186,556$151,539$106,194$136,426
Total$8,028,156$7,022,466$2,275,770$8,516,959$12,831,766$13,135,120

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Qualcomm Incorporated DEF 14A filed January 22, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-005781, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$8.0M
$7.0M
$2.3M
$8.5M
$12.8M
$13.1M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU36,503$6,176,308—
PSU31,349$5,304,251—
RSU24,335$4,117,482—
PSU23,204$3,926,117—
PSU18,251$3,088,069—
RSU13,928$2,356,618—
RSU12,981$2,196,385—
PSU12,200$2,064,240—
RSU11,470$1,940,724—
RSU8,494$1,437,185—
PSU8,402$1,421,618—
RSU5,421$917,233—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Qualcomm Incorporated's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

73 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed January 22, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-11Sale10b5-1347$184.6318,196
2026-09-11Sale10b5-1696$181.8919,790
2026-09-11Sale10b5-1508$182.6919,282
2026-09-11Sale10b5-1739$183.8418,543
2026-09-11Sale10b5-148$179.7620,568
2026-09-11Sale10b5-182$180.8720,486
2026-09-11Sale10b5-136$178.6320,616
2026-09-11Sale10b5-112$185.3118,184

The 8 most recent of 73 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Qualcomm discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Disability—$24,273,893—$24,273,893
Involuntary termination without cause$3,375,000$22,170,229$38,553$25,583,782
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,375,000$27,606,309$38,553$31,019,862
Death—$24,273,893—$24,273,893
Voluntary resignation———$0

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Qualcomm Incorporated's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Qualcomm’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Cristiano AmonPresident and Chief Executive Officer$29,701,097
Akash Palkhiwala · this pageExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer$13,135,120
James ThompsonFormer Chief Technology Officer$11,108,115
Alexander RogersExecutive Vice President and President, Qualcomm Technology Licensing and Global Affairs$9,703,234
Baaziz AchourExecutive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer$9,465,750
Ann ChaplinExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$9,003,932

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