Iridium Communications: Pay

Iridium Communications paid its 3 named executives $15.1M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Matthew J. Desch was paid $9.0M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY22 → $34
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

Matthew J. DeschChief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2023 (Dec)Not disclosed
3 years
Suzanne E. McBrideChief Operations Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Kathleen A. MorganChief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
FY2025 (Dec)
1 year
Scott T. ScheimreifExecutive Vice President, Government Programs
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
3 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 9 peers with pay on file was $10.8M. CEO pay of Iridium Communications for that year is not on file.

  1. 1Nutanix
  2. 2Commvault Systems
  3. 3Tenable Holdings
  4. 4Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
  5. 5Calix
  6. 6Mercury Systems
  7. 7Viasat
  8. 8Bandwidth
  9. 9Axon Enterprise
  10. 10Iridium CommunicationsNot disclosed
  11. 118x8, Inc.Not disclosed
  12. 12AeroVironmentNot disclosed
  13. 13Cogent Communications HoldingsNot disclosed
  14. 14Hexcel CorporationNot disclosed
  15. 15Lumentum HoldingsNot disclosed
  16. 16Shenandoah Telecommunications CompanyNot 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.