Vice Chair and President · MICROSOFT CORP (MSFT)

Bradford Smith

A named executive officer of MICROSOFT 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

$28,267,295

FY2024: $23,439,793

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 21, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Bradford Smith compensation by year

MICROSOFT Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as MICROSOFT reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$860,000$943,333$993,333$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$12,402,137$15,098,855$18,753,465$14,524,413$18,684,175$23,734,545
Option awards$0——$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$3,294,445$4,303,958$3,551,664$2,378,500$3,642,750$3,421,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0—$0$0$0$0
All other$111,131$109,750$110,277$212,777$112,868$111,750
Total$16,667,713$20,455,896$23,408,739$18,115,690$23,439,793$28,267,295

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: MICROSOFT CORP DEF 14A filed October 21, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-245150, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$16.7M
$20.5M
$23.4M
$18.1M
$23.4M
$28.3M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU47,877$23,814,499—
PSU47,292$23,523,514—
RSU23,374$11,626,461—
PSU23,373$11,625,964—
RSU14,779$7,351,222—
RSU11,116$5,529,210—
RSU3,210$1,596,686—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

11 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed October 21, 2025)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-15Grant or award—29,077$0.00473,793.29
2026-09-09Gift—14,000$0.00444,716.29
2026-08-31Grant or award—27,688$0.00475,695.23
2026-08-31Tax withholding—17,036.1$513.53458,716.29
2026-03-02Tax withholding—3,589.53$392.74448,007.23
2025-11-06Gift—10,000$0.00451,596.76
2025-11-03Sale—30,411$518.49469,685.76
2025-11-03Sale—8,089$519.21461,596.76

The 8 most recent of 11 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 →

MICROSOFT’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Satya NadellaChairman and Chief Executive Officer$96,496,790
Amy HoodExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$29,481,551
Bradford Smith · this pageVice Chair and President$28,267,295
Judson AlthoffExecutive Vice President and CEO Microsoft Commercial$28,198,734
Takeshi NumotoExecutive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer$11,876,630

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