Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of PNW and APS · PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP (PNW)

Theodore Geisler

A named executive officer of PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$8,414,652

FY2024: $3,865,493

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 3, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Theodore Geisler compensation by year

PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$670,000$700,000$938,356
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,467,032$1,696,843$5,257,108
Option awards$0——
Non-equity incentive$815,287$1,024,798$1,853,040
Pension and deferred compensation$270,264$105,508$333,545
All other$32,505$338,344$32,603
Total$3,255,088$3,865,493$8,414,652

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP DEF 14A filed April 3, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-023516, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$3.3M
$3.9M
$8.4M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU17,636$1,564,313—
PSU13,372$1,186,096—
PSU12,460$1,105,202—
RSU10,225$906,958—
RSU9,448$838,038—
RSU8,024$711,729—
PSU6,686$593,048—
RSU6,676$592,161—
RSU5,373$476,585—
PSU4,409$391,078—
RSU3,141$278,607—
PSU3,115$276,301—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 17 award rows shown.

PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Theodore Geisler · this pageChairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of PNW and APS$8,414,652
Jacob TetlowExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of APS$3,795,987
Adam HeflinExecutive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer of APS$3,628,459
Andrew CooperSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PNW and APS$3,392,860
Jeffrey GuldnerFormer Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of PNW and Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive of APS and currently, Special Advisor to the CEO$2,828,115
Robert SmithFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Development Officer, PNW and APS and currently, Special Advisor to the CEO$2,708,803
Shirley BaumSenior Vice President and General Counsel of PNW and APS$1,886,647

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