NextDecade: Pay

NextDecade paid its 5 named executives $22.7M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Matthew K. Schatzman was paid $12.8M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY21 → $185
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 K. SchatzmanChairman and Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
4 years
Vera de GyarfasGeneral Counsel and Corporate Secretary
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
4 years
Tarik SkeikChief Operating Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
3 years
Michael MottInterim Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
1 year
Brent E. WahlFormer Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
4 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 9 peers with pay on file was $18.7M. The CEO of NextDecade was paid $12.8M, 31% below the median.

  1. 1Cheniere Energy
  2. 2Sempra
  3. 3Targa Resources
  4. 4NRG Energy
  5. 5Talen Energy
  6. 6APA
  7. 7NextDecade
  8. 8DT Midstream
  9. 9Magnolia Oil & Gas
  10. 10Kinetik Holdings
  11. 11Coterra Energy Inc.Not disclosed
  12. 12Genesis Energy, L.P.Not disclosed
  13. 13Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.Not disclosed
  14. 14Sunoco LPNot disclosed
  15. 15Venture GlobalNot disclosed
  16. 16Western Midstream Partners, LPNot 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.