President and Chief Executive Officer · EchoStar CORP (ECHO)

Hamid Akhavan

A named executive officer of EchoStar 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

$8,927,865

FY2023: $7,190,962

1st of 5 named executive officers at EchoStar by FY2024 total.

5 named officers on file for EchoStar, FY2024

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed September 18, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Hamid Akhavan compensation by year

EchoStar Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as EchoStar reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$738,463$1,000,002$2,471,168$2,500,014
Bonus$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$7,563,000$0$4,360,528$6,026,318
Option awards$6,134,800$5,312,980$0$0
Non-equity incentive$750,000$759,000$2,000,000$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$28,087
All other$41,872$118,980$96,169$13,293
Total$15,228,135$7,190,962$8,927,865$8,567,712

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: EchoStar CORP DEF 14A filed September 18, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-108960, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the EchoStar CORP filed document, accession 0001104659-26-108960. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed September 18, 2026.

$15.2M
$7.2M
$8.9M
$8.6M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option233,918—$16.57
Option183,751—$14.04

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

EchoStar’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Hamid Akhavan · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer, EchoStar Capital$8,927,865
John SwieringaPresident, Technology and Chief Operating Officer$4,977,117
Charles ErgenChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$4,098,981
Paul OrbanExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, DISH$2,318,412
Dean MansonChief Legal Officer and Secretary$1,578,286

Board service

EchoStar board · FY2023–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: EchoStar pays directors a $60,000 cash retainer and $0 in equity. As stated in EchoStar's FY2024 proxy.

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