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Fiscal year 2024

Andrew Cheng — FY2024 total compensation $10,465,855

Andrew Cheng is President and Chief Executive Officer of Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (AKRO). The company reported total compensation of $10,465,855 for fiscal year 2024.

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Fiscal year 2024 compensation

Salary$686,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$2,879,155
Option awards$6,489,100
Non-equity incentive plan$411,600
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$0
Total$10,465,855

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

Cited to the compensation disclosure Akero Therapeutics, Inc. filed April 28, 2025, accession 0000950170-25-058964.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2024President and Chief Executive Officer$686,000$0$2,879,155$6,489,100$411,600$0$0$10,465,855
FY2023President and Chief Executive Officer$660,000$0$1,818,920$5,979,787$376,200$0$0$8,834,907
FY2022President and Chief Executive Officer$624,000$0$2,248,475$6,973,168$600,600$0$0$10,446,243

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Akero Therapeutics, Inc..

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$7,973,839
Difference from that median$2,492,016
Percentile within the disclosed peer group71st
Peers with a disclosed figure14

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Akero Therapeutics, Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Akero Therapeutics, Inc.

Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Andrew Cheng this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$10,465,855
Scott GangloffChief Technology Officer$6,112,056
William WhiteChief Financial Officer$3,067,674
Catriona YaleChief Development Officer$3,044,474
Jonathan YoungChief Operating Officer$3,038,674

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2024, and what it reported for each. See the full Akero Therapeutics, Inc. compensation brief.

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The company page

Andrew Cheng's compensation sits inside Akero Therapeutics, Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (AKRO) compensation brief