Executive Vice President, Research and Chief Scientific Officer · Xencor Inc (XNCR)

John Desjarlais

A named executive officer of Xencor 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

$1,982,252

FY2024: $2,827,992

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Xencor by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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John Desjarlais compensation by year

Xencor Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Xencor reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$350,000$381,100$412,000$424,360$437,000$465,000$485,000$518,900$534,500$547,900
Bonus$20,825—$27,800——$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0—$293,264$448,103$1,075,557$589,564$473,543$422,392
Option awards$708,541$1,428,809$1,235,177$1,293,219$939,711$1,452,190$1,168,043$1,874,883$1,543,452$701,368
Non-equity incentive$120,050$143,294$247,200$167,000$192,000$251,100$218,200$220,500$267,250$301,345
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$809$992$2,660$7,932$8,932$8,932$8,247$9,247$9,247$9,247
Total$1,200,225$1,954,195$1,924,837$1,892,511$1,870,907$2,625,325$2,955,047$3,213,094$2,827,992$1,982,252

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Xencor Inc DEF 14A filed April 27, 2026, accession 0001326732-26-000031, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Xencor Inc filed document, accession 0001326732-26-000031. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 27, 2026.

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FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU29,851$457,019—
RSU13,816$211,523—
RSU6,253$95,733—
Option89,552—$14.15
Option69,946—$22.85
Option4,479—$30.02
Option35,171—$31.43

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

Xencor’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Bassil DahiyatPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director$5,521,205
John Desjarlais · this pageExecutive Vice President, Research and Chief Scientific Officer$1,982,252
Bart Jan CornelissenSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$1,642,396
Celia EckertSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$1,570,479
Nancy ValenteFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer$430,766

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