Chair and Chief Executive Officer · CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. (CSCO)

Charles Robbins

A named executive officer of CISCO SYSTEMS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$52,838,751

FY2024: $39,202,654

1st of 6 named executive officers at Cisco Systems by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for CISCO SYSTEMS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 29, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Charles Robbins compensation by year

CISCO SYSTEMS Summary Compensation Table · all 11 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CISCO SYSTEMS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$1,172,115$1,187,308$1,231,250$1,325,000$1,390,000$1,416,731$1,390,000$1,390,000$1,390,000$1,390,000$1,390,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$10,277,074$12,873,491$14,940,771$18,576,568$19,215,141$19,415,798$24,866,549$24,108,979$35,373,892$45,870,690$39,040,851
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$4,486,725$2,532,352$4,990,711$5,795,550$2,471,976$4,495,816$2,941,796$6,266,676$2,356,328$5,117,424$6,685,900
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$103,657$160,613$121,607$132,715$86,593$118,350$85,591$78,053$82,434$460,637$1,411,062
Total$16,039,571$16,753,764$21,284,339$25,829,833$23,163,710$25,446,695$29,283,936$31,843,708$39,202,654$52,838,751$48,527,813

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. DEF 14A filed October 29, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000439, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. filed document, accession 0001308179-26-000439. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed October 29, 2026.

$16.0M
$16.8M
$21.3M
$25.8M
$23.2M
$25.4M
$29.3M
$31.8M
$39.2M
$52.8M
$48.5M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU639,418$73,002,353—
PSU559,039$63,825,483—
RSU408,828$46,675,893—
RSU193,838$22,130,484—
RSU112,110$12,799,599—
RSU37,201$4,247,238—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

CISCO SYSTEMS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Charles Robbins · this pageChair and Chief Executive Officer$52,838,751
Gary SteeleFormer President, Go-to-Market$32,833,555
Jeetu PatelPresident and Chief Product Officer$25,687,435
R. Scott HerrenFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$24,293,618
Dev StahlkopfExecutive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer$15,826,734
Thimaya SubaiyaExecutive Vice President, Operations$14,738,615

Board service

CISCO SYSTEMS board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: CISCO SYSTEMS pays directors a $105,000 cash retainer and $245,000 in Fully vested shares of common stock (or deferred stock units). As stated in CISCO SYSTEMS's FY2025 proxy.

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