Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (VZ)

Hans Vestberg

A named executive officer of VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$31,175,022

FY2024: $24,160,024

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 6, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Hans Vestberg compensation by year

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$14,500,057$14,500,057$18,000,042$18,000,033$25,000,035
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$3,825,000$3,262,500$4,087,500$3,862,500$3,750,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$1,534
All other$517,814$570,193$541,775$797,491$923,453
Total$20,342,871$19,832,750$24,129,317$24,160,024$31,175,022

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC DEF 14A filed April 6, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000210, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$20.3M
$19.8M
$24.1M
$24.2M
$31.2M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU496,920$20,239,552—
PSU299,480$12,197,820—
RSU195,801$7,974,975—
RSU107,860$4,393,138—
RSU60,721$2,473,166—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Retirement—$20,744,318——
Disability—$44,894,072——
Involuntary termination without cause$0$20,744,318$0—
Death—$44,894,072——
Change in control and involuntary termination$0$44,894,072——
Change in control, no termination—$0—$0

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Daniel SchulmanChief Executive Officer$34,311,016
Hans Vestberg · this pageFormer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$31,175,022
Sowmyanarayan SampathFormer Executive Vice President and Group CEO – Verizon Consumer$18,901,142
Anthony SkiadasExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$16,008,226
Kyle MaladyExecutive Vice President and Group CEO Verizon Business$12,762,860
Vandana VenkateshExecutive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer$7,430,590

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