Chief Executive Officer · ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP (ZBRA)

William Burns

A named executive officer of ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 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

$13,890,300

FY2024: $13,462,794

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

6 named officers on file for ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES, FY2025

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

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William Burns compensation by year

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$450,000$460,385$474,196$495,767$514,386$557,659$667,197$946,205$1,000,002$1,025,001
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$880,002$920,084$1,040,110$1,120,365$1,240,038$2,300,661$3,000,000$10,000,537$10,000,240$11,000,214
Option awards$220,012$230,037$260,002$280,001$310,006$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$231,188$570,840$806,666$481,278$249,981$1,071,008$508,038$224,372$2,366,554$1,763,514
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$21,152$16,615$18,448$20,778$52,980$82,806$56,935$88,782$95,998$101,572
Total$1,802,354$2,197,961$2,599,422$2,398,189$2,367,391$4,012,134$4,232,170$11,259,895$13,462,794$13,890,300

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP DEF 14A filed April 3, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-039488, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP filed document, accession 0001104659-26-039488. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 3, 2026.

$1.8M
$2.2M
$2.6M
$2.4M
$2.4M
$4.0M
$4.2M
$11.3M
$13.5M
$13.9M
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
PSU21,510$5,223,058—
PSU19,121$4,642,961—
RSU13,683$3,322,506—
RSU10,898$2,951,703—
RSU8,431$2,047,215—
RSU7,963$1,933,576—
RSU4,424$1,074,236—
RSU3,178$771,682—
RSU5,463$587,436—
Option3,901—$244.97
Option4,364—$205.12

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$26,172,585—$28,539,139
Involuntary termination without cause$2,000,000$11,008,815$50,036$16,807,405
Change in control and involuntary termination$2,000,000$26,172,585$50,036$33,321,175
Retirement—$11,008,815—$13,375,369

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

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
William Burns · this pageChief Executive Officer$13,890,300
Nathan WintersChief Financial Officer$5,573,544
Richard HudsonChief Revenue Officer$4,248,132
Cristen KoglChief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$3,778,586
Joseph WhiteFormer Chief Product and Solutions Officer$3,695,292
Jeffrey SchmitzFormer Chief People Officer$3,320,639

Board service

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES pays directors a $90,000 cash retainer and $220,000 in Fully-vested common stock. As stated in ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES's FY2025 proxy.

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