Chief Executive Officer · NEWS CORP (NWSA)

Robert Thomson

A named executive officer of NEWS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 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

$20,623,729

FY2024: $20,329,706

1st of 6 named executive officers at News by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for NEWS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 8, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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Robert Thomson compensation by year

NEWS Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NEWS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$2,038,462$2,000,000$2,000,000$3,000,000$3,000,000$3,000,000$3,000,000$3,000,000$3,000,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$5,370,277$6,706,704$5,359,907$5,484,272$8,658,269$9,113,642$10,380,976$10,382,002$10,039,381
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$3,200,000$4,000,000$5,197,333$5,500,000$1,250,000$10,000,000$5,426,667$6,166,667$6,806,667
Pension and deferred compensation$333,691$473,630$0$336,056$209,572$523,259$0$262,624$233,539
All other$394,453$407,593$420,718$427,331$417,360$387,944$469,649$518,413$544,142
Total$11,336,883$13,587,927$12,977,958$14,747,659$13,535,201$23,024,845$19,277,292$20,329,706$20,623,729

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NEWS CORP DEF 14A filed October 8, 2025, accession 0001140361-25-037696, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the NEWS CORP filed document, accession 0001140361-25-037696. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed October 8, 2025.

$11.3M
$13.6M
$13.0M
$14.7M
$13.5M
$23.0M
$19.3M
$20.3M
$20.6M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU665,840$18,357,209—
RSU527,505$14,543,313—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in NEWS CORP's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

NEWS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Robert Thomson · this pageChief Executive Officer$20,623,729
Susan PanuccioFormer Chief Financial Officer$8,300,586
David PitofskyGeneral Counsel$6,217,494
Lavanya ChandrashekarChief Financial Officer$5,465,018
David KlineFormer Chief Technology Officer$3,497,903
Ruth AllenChief Human Resources Officer$2,957,269

Board service

NEWS board · FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: NEWS pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $175,000 in DSUs. As stated in NEWS's FY2024 proxy.

Committees

Audit · Compensation · Nominating/Governance · Risk · Executive

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