data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft” target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft”>Microsoft has had a great fiscal year, and for his trouble, CEO data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/satya-nadella” target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/satya-nadella”>Satya Nadella is being compensated to the tune of $96.5 million, up about 22% compared to his $79 million last year.
While a lot of that compensation comes in the form of stock awards — about $84 million of it — the other $9.5 million is awarded in cash incentives, according to a data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000789019/000119312525245150/d908201ddef14a.htm” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000789019/000119312525245150/d908201ddef14a.htm” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>proxy statement filed on Tuesday. The rest of the take-home is based on Nadella’s standard $2.5 million salary before incentives and bonuses.
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