President, Technology and Chief Operating Officer · EchoStar CORP (SATS)

John Swieringa

FY2024 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for John Swieringa as a named executive officer of EchoStar; the record below is that year, complete. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2024

$4,977,117

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 21, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

John Swieringa compensation by year

EchoStar Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as EchoStar reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024
Salary$1,000,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$1,162,800
Option awards$1,809,107
Non-equity incentive$1,000,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$5,210
Total$4,977,117

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 March 21, 2025, accession 0001558370-25-003470, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU200,000$21,740,000—
PSU70,176$7,628,131—
Option78,171—$14.04
Option60,000—$79.50
Option140,352—$16.57

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.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

24 Form 4 lines since the FY2024 proxy (filed March 21, 2025)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-03-04Sale—15,000$114.04253,535
2026-03-04Exercise or conversion—35,088$16.57288,623
2026-03-04Exercise or conversion derivative—35,088$0.00105,264
2026-03-04Sale—35,088$113.39253,535
2026-01-02Tax withholding—7,964$112.18275,553
2025-11-21Sale—22,000$67.34283,509
2025-10-01Tax withholding—22,125$79.50305,509
2025-10-01Grant or award derivative—60,000$0.0015,000

The 8 most recent of 24 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

EchoStar’s named executive officers, FY2024

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

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are EchoStar's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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