Akamai Technologies: Pay

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

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $83
CEO pay is from each 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.

Pay of each named executive

Dr. LeightonChief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
5 years
Mr. KaronCOO and General Manager of the Cloud Technology Group
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
5 years
Mr. McGowanEVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
5 years
Mr. SundaramEVP and General Manager, Security Technology Group
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
3 years
Mr. JosephEVP, Global Sales and Services
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
4 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2023 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 6 peers with pay on file was $17.0M. The CEO of Akamai Technologies was paid $13.4M, 21% below the median.

  1. 1Palo Alto Networks
  2. 2Equinix
  3. 3Autodesk
  4. 4Fortinet
  5. 5Ciena
  6. 6Akamai Technologies
  7. 7Sabre
  8. 8Adobe SystemsNot disclosed
  9. 9Arista NetworksNot disclosed
  10. 10Citrix SystemsNot disclosed
  11. 11F5 NetworksNot disclosed
  12. 12IAC/Interactive GroupNot disclosed
  13. 13Juniper NetworksNot disclosed
  14. 14Nuance CommunicationsNot disclosed
  15. 15PTCNot disclosed
  16. 16SplunkNot disclosed
  17. 17TwitterNot disclosed
  18. 18VMWareNot disclosed
  19. 19VeriSignNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.