Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies

AKAM· Services· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY2025Stock -8.8% in FY2025

Dr. Leighton is the CEO of Akamai Technologies and was paid $16.0M in FY2025 (Dec), up 6%.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $83
CEO pay is from each Akamai Technologies proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives6

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  1. 1Dr. LeightonFY2025
  2. 2Mr. KaronFY2025
  3. 3Mr. McGowanFY2025
  4. 4Mr. SundaramFY2025
  5. 5Mr. JosephFY2025
  6. 6Tom LeightonNot disclosed

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Akamai Technologies paid its 5 named executives $40.6M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Dr. Leighton was paid $16.0M of that.

Name
Dr. LeightonChief Executive Officer
Mr. KaronCOO and General Manager of the Cloud Technology Group
Mr. McGowanEVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Mr. SundaramEVP and General Manager, Security Technology GroupNot disclosed
Mr. JosephEVP, Global Sales and Services

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers18

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The FY2023 (Dec) proxy of Akamai Technologies names 18 peer companies for pay. Among Akamai Technologies and these peers, CEO pay was 6th highest of 7 and total shareholder return was 3rd highest of 7.

6th highest of 7in Akamai Technologies and its pay peers, FY2023 (Dec) by CEO pay:

$8.5M$151.4M

3rd highest of 7in Akamai Technologies and its pay peers, FY2023 (Dec) by total shareholder return:

$20$293

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Board3

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  • Tom KillaleaDirector · 7 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Finance—Paid as an executive
  • Madhu RanganathanDirector · 6 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Finance—Paid as an executive
  • Janaki AkellaDirector · 0 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Finance—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Shared directors

Activity

  1. Pay
    Akamai Technologies CFO pay rose 12% to $6.2M. The stock fell 9% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  2. Pay
    Akamai Technologies COO pay rose 13% to $7.7M. The stock fell 9% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Akamai Technologies Division head pay rose 12% to $5.3M. The stock fell 9% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  4. Board
    Janaki Akella joined the board of Akamai Technologies. Janaki Akella now sits on 4 public boards.
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  5. Pay
    Akamai Technologies CEO pay rose 13% to $15.1M. The stock fell 19% in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Akamai Technologies CFO pay rose 14% to $5.4M. The stock rose 40% in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  7. Pay
    Akamai Technologies CFO pay rose 14% to $4.7M. The stock fell 28% in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  8. Pay
    Akamai Technologies CEO pay rose 12% to $13.4M. The stock rose 40% in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  9. Pay
    Akamai Technologies COO pay rose 15% to $6.5M. The stock rose 40% in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  10. Pay
    Akamai Technologies COO pay rose 11% to $5.6M. The stock fell 28% in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  11. Pay
    Akamai Technologies Division head pay rose 21% to $4.4M. The stock rose 40% in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A

Filings21

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Current report8-KMay 13, 2026—
Proxy statementDEF 14AMar 31, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 20, 2026FY2025
Current report8-KFeb 17, 2026—
Current report8-KJul 8, 2025—
Current report8-KMay 16, 2025—
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