President – Americas · COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)

Surya Gummadi

A named executive officer of COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 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

$5,632,649

FY2024: $4,501,159

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Cognizant Technology Solutions by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 17, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Surya Gummadi compensation by year

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$522,417$650,000$725,011$800,005
Bonus$647,989$750,000$0$0
Stock awards$3,256,748$2,787,355$3,195,505$3,835,194
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$102,960$569,343$984,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$7,000$10,050$11,300$13,450
Total$4,434,154$4,300,365$4,501,159$5,632,649

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP DEF 14A filed April 17, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000290, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP filed document, accession 0001308179-26-000290. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 17, 2026.

$4.4M
$4.3M
$4.5M
$5.6M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU40,712$3,379,096—
PSU35,676$2,961,108—
RSU12,573$1,043,559—
RSU10,058$834,814—
RSU5,840$484,720—
RSU4,490$372,670—
RSU1,913$158,779—
RSU754$62,582—
RSU629$52,207—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

28 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 17, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-15Exercise or conversion derivative—598$0.002,396
2026-09-15Tax withholding—988$64.1040,820
2026-09-15Exercise or conversion—598—41,808
2026-09-15Exercise or conversion derivative—1,397$0.008,382
2026-09-15Exercise or conversion—1,397—41,210
2026-09-01Exercise or conversion derivative—2,310$0.0023,099
2026-09-01Exercise or conversion—319—38,687
2026-09-01Exercise or conversion—1,168—38,368

The 8 most recent of 28 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 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$1,600,000$2,156,921$35,291$3,792,212
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,200,000$5,001,995$35,291$8,237,286
Change in control and resignation for good reason$3,200,000$5,001,995$35,291$8,237,286
Involuntary termination without cause$1,600,000$2,156,921$35,291$3,792,212
Voluntary resignation$0$0$0$0
Retirement$0$0$0$0
Death$800,000$5,001,995$0$5,801,995
Disability$800,000$5,001,995$0$5,801,995

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

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Ravi KumarChief Executive Officer$21,532,448
Jatin DalalChief Financial Officer$7,081,282
Surya Gummadi · this pagePresident – Americas$5,632,649
John KimChief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary$5,597,335
Balu Ganesh AyyarPresident – Asia Pacific & Japan and Industry Solutions Group$3,865,878

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