Microsoft Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Microsoft's CEO is Satya Nadella, appointed in Feb 2014, has a tenure of 10.58 years. total yearly compensation is $48.51M, comprised of 5.2% salary and 94.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.012% of the company’s shares, worth CHF311.06M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.6 years and 7.3 years respectively.

Key information

Satya Nadella

Chief executive officer

US$48.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	5.2%
CEO tenure	10.6yrs
CEO ownership	0.01%
Management average tenure	6.6yrs
Board average tenure	7.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Satya Nadella's remuneration changed compared to Microsoft's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$88b
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$86b
Dec 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$83b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$77b
Jun 30 2023	US$49m	US$3m	US$72b
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$69b
Dec 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$67b
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$70b
Jun 30 2022	US$55m	US$3m	US$73b
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$72b
Dec 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$71b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$68b
Jun 30 2021	US$50m	US$3m	US$61b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$56b
Dec 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$51b
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$47b
Jun 30 2020	US$44m	US$3m	US$44b
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$46b
Dec 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$44b
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$41b
Jun 30 2019	US$43m	US$2m	US$39b
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$35b
Dec 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$34b
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$19b
Jun 30 2018	US$26m	US$2m	US$17b

Compensation vs Market: Satya's total compensation ($USD48.51M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Swiss market ($USD4.73M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Satya's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Satya Nadella (57 yo)

10.6yrs

Tenure

US$48,512,537

Compensation

Mr. Satya Nadella is Chief Executive Officer and Director of Microsoft Corporation since February 04, 2014 and has been its Chairman since June 2021. Before being named CEO in February 2014, he held leader...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Satya Nadella	Chairman & CEO	10.6yrs	US$48.51m	0.012% $ 311.1m
Bradford Smith	President & Vice Chairman	9yrs	US$18.12m	0.0066% $ 177.6m
Amy Hood	Executive VP & CFO	11.3yrs	US$19.90m	0.0061% $ 162.9m
Judson Althoff	Executive VP & Chief Commercial Officer	no data	US$16.20m	0.0019% $ 51.1m
Christopher Young	Executive Vice President of Business Development	3.8yrs	US$9.82m	0.00097% $ 25.9m
Carolina Dybeck Happe	Executive VP & COO	no data	no data	no data
Alice Jolla	Corporate VP & Chief Accounting Officer	4.2yrs	no data	0.00096% $ 25.7m
James Scott	Executive VP of AI & CTO	no data	no data	no data
Brett Iversen	Vice President of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Hossein Nowbar	Chief Legal Officer	no data	no data	no data
Frank Shaw	Chief Communications Officer	15.1yrs	no data	no data
Takeshi Numoto	Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer	less than a year	no data	0.00079% $ 21.1m

6.6yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: MSFT's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.6 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Satya Nadella	Chairman & CEO	10.6yrs	US$48.51m	0.012% $ 311.1m
Alexander Nygart	Member of Advertising Advisory Board	3.3yrs	no data	no data
Charles Scharf	Independent Director	9.9yrs	US$360.00k	0.00060% $ 16.0m
John Stanton	Independent Director	10.2yrs	US$390.00k	0.0011% $ 30.8m
Reid Hoffman	Independent Director	7.5yrs	US$360.00k	0.00021% $ 5.6m
Penny Pritzker	Independent Director	6.8yrs	US$400.00k	0.00016% $ 4.3m
Sandra Peterson	Lead Independent Director	8.8yrs	US$415.13k	0.000070% $ 1.9m
Carlos Rodriguez	Independent Director	2.8yrs	US$380.99k	no data
Mark Mason	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	0.000010% $ 267.5k
Hugh Johnston	Independent Director	7yrs	US$417.50k	0.00011% $ 2.9m
Teri List-Stoll	Independent Director	9.9yrs	US$390.00k	0.000030% $ 802.4k
Emma Walmsley	Independent Director	4.8yrs	US$373.37k	0.00013% $ 3.5m

7.3yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: MSFT's board of directors are considered experienced (7.3 years average tenure).

Microsoft Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Microsoft Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Dec 10, 2024

Microsoft Corporation Appoints Carolina Dybeck Happe as Its EVP and COO

Executive VP & Chief Commercial Officer recently sold CHF9.7m worth of stock

Microsoft Names Pavan Davuluri as Microsoft Windows and Surface Chief

Microsoft Hires Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of its Newly Created AI Division

Insider recently sold CHF7.8m worth of stock

Recent updates

Microsoft Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Dec 10, 2024

Microsoft Corporation Appoints Carolina Dybeck Happe as Its EVP and COO

Apple Reportedly in Talks to Invest in OpenAI

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$11.86 (vs US$9.72 in FY 2023)

National Legal and Policy Center Seeks Removal of Director at Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation to Report Q4, 2024 Results on Jul 30, 2024

Third quarter dividend of US$0.75 announced

Microsoft Corp. Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on September 12, 2024

ParTec AG Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Microsoft Corporation in Texas, USA, With Its Licensing Agent BF exaQC AG

Executive VP & Chief Commercial Officer recently sold CHF9.7m worth of stock

Jury Delivered A $242 Million Verdict in Favor of Plaintiff IPA Technologies in A Federal Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Microsoft

Upcoming dividend of US$0.75 per share

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$2.95 (vs US$2.46 in 3Q 2023)

Microsoft Corporation to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Apr 25, 2024

Quantinuum Partners with Microsoft in New Phase of Reliable Quantum Computing with Breakthrough Demonstration of Reliable Logical Qubits

Microsoft Names Pavan Davuluri as Microsoft Windows and Surface Chief

Microsoft Hires Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of its Newly Created AI Division

Second quarter dividend of US$0.75 announced

Insider recently sold CHF7.8m worth of stock

Microsoft Corp Announces Quarterly Dividend, Payable June 13, 2024

President & Vice Chairman recently sold CHF17m worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.75 per share at 0.7% yield

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$2.94 (vs US$2.20 in 2Q 2023)

Microsoft Corporation to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jan 30, 2024

Microsoft Unveils New Generative AI and Data Solutions Across the Shopper Journey, Offering Copilot Experiences Through Microsoft Cloud for Retail

Insider recently sold CHF8.0m worth of stock

Microsoft Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend, Payable on March 14, 2024

Microsoft Appoints Sam Altman to Lead New AI Research Team

Durabook Announces Windows 11 Secured-Core PCs in its Mobile Rugged Computing Portfolio

Executive VP & Chief Commercial Officer recently sold CHF3.8m worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.75 per share at 0.8% yield

As You Sow Files a Notice of Exempt Solicitation to Microsoft Corp

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