Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · MICROSOFT CORP (MSFT)

Satya Nadella

A named executive officer of MICROSOFT 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

$96,496,790

FY2024: $79,106,183

1st of 5 named executive officers at Microsoft by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for MICROSOFT, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 21, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Satya Nadella compensation by year

MICROSOFT Summary Compensation Table · all 12 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as MICROSOFT reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$1,200,000$1,200,000$1,450,000$1,500,000$2,333,333$2,500,000$2,500,000$2,500,000$2,500,000$2,500,000$2,500,000$2,500,000
Bonus$4,320,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$12,761,263$4,464,000$11,434,557$16,807,208$29,668,651$30,718,608$33,036,030$42,269,560$39,236,137$71,236,392$84,245,496$77,570,774
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0—$0—$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$12,013,927$7,032,406$7,425,000$10,796,868$10,992,000$14,212,500$10,066,500$6,414,750$5,200,000$9,555,000$10,299,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$13,007$14,104$97,189$111,055$111,363$111,180$109,750$110,250$361,650$169,791$196,294$259,203
Total$18,294,270$17,692,031$20,014,152$25,843,263$42,910,215$44,321,788$49,858,280$54,946,310$48,512,537$79,106,183$96,496,790$90,628,977

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: MICROSOFT CORP DEF 14A filed October 21, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-245150, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the MICROSOFT CORP filed document, accession 0001193125-25-245150. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed October 21, 2025.

$18.3M
$17.7M
$20.0M
$25.8M
$42.9M
$44.3M
$49.9M
$54.9M
$48.5M
$79.1M
$96.5M
$90.6M
FY15
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU239,730$89,424,085—
RSU178,622$66,629,578—
PSU98,679$36,809,241—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in MICROSOFT CORP's FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

11 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed October 21, 2025)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-01Sale10b5-14,520$502.29505,023.53
2026-09-01Sale10b5-132,901$501.12509,543.53
2026-09-01Sale10b5-17,067$503.44497,956.53
2026-09-01Sale10b5-124,723$500.47542,444.53
2026-09-01Sale10b5-19,834$504.11488,122.53
2026-09-01Sale10b5-11,360$505.20486,762.53
2026-09-01Sale10b5-11,040$498.24572,247.53
2026-09-01Sale10b5-15,080$499.45567,167.53

The 8 most recent of 11 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 →

MICROSOFT’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Satya Nadella · this pageChairman and Chief Executive Officer$96,496,790
Amy HoodExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$29,481,551
Bradford SmithVice Chair and President$28,267,295
Judson AlthoffExecutive Vice President and CEO Microsoft Commercial$28,198,734
Takeshi NumotoExecutive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer$11,876,630

Board service

MICROSOFT board · FY2022–FY2026

How this board is paid

Company policy: MICROSOFT pays directors a $125,000 cash retainer and $250,000 in Stock Award. As stated in MICROSOFT's FY2026 proxy.

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