Chief Executive Officer and President · Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc (SPCE)

Michael Colglazier

A named executive officer of Virgin Galactic in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 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

$10,745,916

FY2024: $5,638,706

1st of 4 named executive officers at Virgin Galactic by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for Virgin Galactic, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 21, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Michael Colglazier compensation by year

Virgin Galactic Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Virgin Galactic reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$442,308$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,091,346
Bonus$500,000$500,000$0$0$0$1,250,000
Stock awards$13,098,600$5,000,000$6,818,252$5,243,644$2,931,004$3,523,088
Option awards$7,540,000$0$2,000,000$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$452,055$880,000$925,000$1,457,500$1,665,625$4,814,700
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$22,637$25,794$38,616$32,872$42,077$66,782
Total$22,055,600$7,405,794$10,781,868$7,734,016$5,638,706$10,745,916

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc DEF 14A filed April 21, 2026, accession 0001706946-26-000046, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc filed document, accession 0001706946-26-000046. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 21, 2026.

$22.1M
$7.4M
$10.8M
$7.7M
$5.6M
$10.7M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU827,016$2,654,721—
RSU43,103$138,361—
RSU11,364$36,478—
RSU6,061$19,456—
RSU1,481$4,754—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

6 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 21, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-05Exercise or conversion derivative—2,273$0.004,545
2026-10-05Exercise or conversion—2,273$0.00151,386
2026-10-05Tax withholding—1,227$3.03150,159
2026-06-29Tax withholding—1,227$2.95149,113
2026-06-29Exercise or conversion derivative—2,273$0.006,818
2026-06-29Exercise or conversion—2,273$0.00150,340

The 6 most recent of 6 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 →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Virgin Galactic discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$10,274,700$1,096,112$77,247$11,448,059
Change in control and involuntary termination$10,274,700$2,873,223$77,247$13,225,170

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

Virgin Galactic’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael Colglazier · this pageChief Executive Officer and President$10,745,916
Doug AhrensChief Financial Officer and Treasurer$3,973,533
Aparna ChitaleChief People Officer and Executive Vice President, Astronaut Operations$2,063,892
Sarah KimExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$1,741,839

Board service

Virgin Galactic board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Virgin Galactic pays directors a $125,000 cash retainer and $125,000 in RSUs. As stated in Virgin Galactic's FY2025 proxy.

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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 Virgin Galactic'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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