Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary · Apple, Inc. (AAPL)

Kate Adams

A named executive officer of Apple in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 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

$27,032,248

FY2024: $27,179,257

3rd of 6 named executive officers at Apple by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 8, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Kate Adams compensation by year

Apple Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Apple reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$884,615$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000
Bonus$0$0—$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$21,509,765$21,633,416$21,657,687$21,959,620$22,132,015$22,323,641$22,157,075$22,009,766
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$4,000,000$2,557,000$3,577,000$4,000,000$4,000,000$3,571,150$4,000,000$4,000,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$306,280$41,384$14,310$14,533$15,208$46,914$22,182$22,482
Total$26,700,660$25,231,800$26,248,995$26,974,153$27,147,223$26,941,705$27,179,257$27,032,248

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Apple, Inc. DEF 14A filed January 8, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000008, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Apple, Inc. filed document, accession 0001308179-26-000008. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 8, 2026.

$26.7M
$25.2M
$26.2M
$27.0M
$27.1M
$26.9M
$27.2M
$27.0M
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU66,477$16,982,214—
RSU58,408$14,920,908—
PSU58,408$14,920,908—
RSU44,318$11,321,476—
RSU43,901$11,214,949—
PSU43,901$11,214,949—
RSU22,688$5,795,876—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Apple discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Disability—$73,177,450—$73,177,450
Death—$105,569,664—$105,569,664

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

Apple’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Tim CookChief Executive Officer$74,294,811
Deirdre O'BrienSenior Vice President, Retail + People$27,047,633
Kate Adams · this pageSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$27,032,248
Sabih KhanSenior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer$27,031,671
Kevan ParekhSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$22,467,309
Luca MaestriFormer Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$15,482,928

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