President, Chief Executive Officer and Director · NETLIST INC (NLST)

Chun K. Hong

A named executive officer of NETLIST in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2024. 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, FY2024

$1,557,414

FY2023: $2,053,207

1st of 2 named executive officers at Netlist by FY2024 total.

2 named officers on file for NETLIST, FY2024

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed July 24, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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Chun K. Hong compensation by year

NETLIST Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NETLIST reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024
Salary$450,000$450,000$450,000
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,696,000$1,509,475$997,500
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$58,888$93,732$109,914
Total$3,204,888$2,053,207$1,557,414

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NETLIST INC DEF 14A filed July 24, 2025, accession 0001558370-25-009552, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the NETLIST INC filed document, accession 0001558370-25-009552. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed July 24, 2025.

$3.2M
$2.1M
$1.6M
FY22
FY23
FY24
SalaryStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option62,500—$0.72

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in NETLIST INC's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments NETLIST discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Disability$225,000$35,012—$260,012
Change in control and resignation for good reason$450,000$35,012$29,690$514,702
Involuntary termination without cause$450,000$35,012$29,690$514,702
Death$225,000$35,012—$260,012

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in NETLIST INC's FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

NETLIST’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Chun K. Hong · this pagePresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director$1,557,414
Gail SasakiExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary$415,858

Board service

NETLIST board · FY2021–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: NETLIST pays directors a $40,000 cash retainer. As stated in NETLIST's FY2024 proxy.

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