President · NASDAQ, INC. (NDAQ)

P.C. Nelson Griggs

A named executive officer of NASDAQ in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$8,360,335

FY2024: $7,782,834

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 24, 2026 (DEF 14A).

P.C. Nelson Griggs compensation by year

NASDAQ Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NASDAQ reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2024FY2025
Salary$535,577$567,596$575,000$593,269$700,000$736,539
Bonus—$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,632,661$1,848,444$2,058,297$5,466,064$4,681,154$5,247,325
Option awards—$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,151,808$1,478,329$1,640,065$1,290,492$2,380,980$2,355,471
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0$0$0$0
All other$16,800$23,407$18,778$18,300$20,700$21,000
Total$3,336,846$3,917,416$4,292,140$7,368,125$7,782,834$8,360,335

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NASDAQ, INC. DEF 14A filed April 24, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-027245, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$3.3M
$3.9M
$4.3M
$7.4M
$7.8M
$8.4M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments NASDAQ discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$2,625,000$7,636,749$25,830$11,837,579
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$2,625,000$7,636,749$25,830$11,837,579
Disability$0$926,717$0$2,426,717
Death$0$11,138,577$0$12,638,577
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,000,000$13,417,344$51,660$18,019,004

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

NASDAQ’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Adena FriedmanChair and CEO$25,014,550
Tal CohenPresident$17,365,455
Sarah YoungwoodEVP and CFO$9,945,096
P.C. Nelson Griggs · this pagePresident$8,360,335
Bradley J. PetersonEVP and CIO/CTO$6,118,574

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