"Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon saw his pay packet swell to $29.7 million in fiscal 2025, up from $25.91 million the year before, even as Qualcomm's full-year net income fell 45 percent. According to the chip giant's latest proxy filing [PDF], Amon's compensation for the year comprised a $1.35 million base salary, $24.16 million in stock awards, $3.19 million in non-equity incentives, and just over $1 million in other compensation. Salary itself was unchanged year-on-year, with the 15 percent uplift driven almost entirely by equity and incentive pay."
"Amon was not the only Qualcomm exec enjoying a healthy payday. CFO and COO Akash Palkhiwala took home $13.14 million in total compensation, while EVP and president Alexander Rogers earned $9.7 million. CTO Baaziz Achor received $9.46 million. By contrast, Qualcomm calculated the annual total compensation of its median employee at $101,639, putting Amon's pay at roughly 292 times that figure."
"Amon described that milestone as evidence that Qualcomm is now a serious player in a market long dominated by traditional automotive suppliers. Amon also used the company's earnings call to flesh out plans to cautiously push Qualcomm into the datacenter. He confirmed the company is developing both a system-on-chip and an accelerator "card" for AI inference workloads, arguing that datacenter growth is shifting away from energy-hungry training toward more efficient inference at scale."
Cristiano Amon's total compensation for fiscal 2025 reached $29.7 million, comprised of a $1.35 million base salary, $24.16 million in stock awards, $3.19 million in non-equity incentives, and just over $1 million in other compensation. Salary was unchanged year-on-year, with the 15 percent increase driven primarily by equity and incentive pay. Qualcomm reported full-year revenue of $44.3 billion, up 14 percent, while net income fell 45 percent to $5.5 billion after a non-cash tax charge. Several senior executives received multi-million dollar packages, while the median employee compensation was $101,639, making the CEO's pay roughly 292 times higher. Fourth-quarter revenue rose to $11.27 billion, helped by record automotive chip sales, and Qualcomm confirmed plans to develop datacenter system-on-chip and accelerator hardware focused on AI inference workloads.
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