Chief Executive Officer · AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. (AXON)

Patrick Smith

A named executive officer of AXON ENTERPRISE in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2015 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

$40,001

FY2024: $164,525,721

5th of 5 named executive officers at Axon Enterprise by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for AXON ENTERPRISE, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 16, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Patrick Smith compensation by year

AXON ENTERPRISE Summary Compensation Table · all 11 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as AXON ENTERPRISE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$350,000$350,000$350,000$70,027$22,880$25,004$31,201$31,201$31,201$31,201$31,201
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$752,676$1,178,750$3,403,775$0$2,040$2,531,425$0$0$0$164,463,091$0
Option awards$0$0$0$245,953,429$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$263,500$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$17,846$11,878$11,900$3,254$13,609$2,963$1,914$2,002$8,857$31,429$8,800
Total$1,384,022$1,540,628$3,765,675$246,026,710$38,529$2,559,392$33,115$33,203$40,058$164,525,721$40,001

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. DEF 14A filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-025521, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. filed document, accession 0001628280-26-025521. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 16, 2026.

$1.4M
$1.5M
$3.8M
$246.0M
$39K
$2.6M
$33K
$33K
$40K
$164.5M
$40K
FY15
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU679,102$385,682,399—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

71 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 16, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-08Sale10b5-11,319$509.323,121,841
2026-09-08Sale10b5-11,104$505.593,126,427
2026-09-08Sale10b5-1749$507.483,124,934
2026-09-08Sale10b5-11,251$511.433,119,242
2026-09-08Sale10b5-171$501.993,127,941
2026-09-08Sale10b5-1410$503.743,127,531
2026-09-08Sale10b5-11,348$510.593,120,493
2026-09-08Sale10b5-1744$506.483,125,683

The 8 most recent of 71 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 AXON ENTERPRISE discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause———$275,006,128
Voluntary resignation———$0
Involuntary for cause———$0
Change in control and involuntary termination———$0
Death———$115,315,910
Disability———$115,315,910

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in AXON ENTERPRISE, INC.'s FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

AXON ENTERPRISE’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Cameron BrooksChief Revenue Officer$1,311,381
Brittany BagleyChief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer$1,295,272
Jeffrey KuninsChief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer$864,211
Joshua IsnerPresident$728,341
Patrick Smith · this pageChief Executive Officer$40,001

Board service

AXON ENTERPRISE board · FY2021–FY2025
Director compensation in US dollars, as AXON ENTERPRISE reports it. Most recent year first; a dash means the company reported no figure in that column.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025—————
FY2024$0$0$0$0—
FY2022$0$0$0$0—
FY2021——$3,927,899—$3,927,899

Each year as the company reported it in AXON ENTERPRISE's director compensation table. Totals are the company's own disclosed totals.

How this board is paid

Company policy: AXON ENTERPRISE pays directors a $40,000 cash retainer and $260,000 in RSUs. As stated in AXON ENTERPRISE's FY2025 proxy.

Committees

Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Structure Committee

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How this record is built

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