QUALCOMM Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

QUALCOMM's CEO is Cristiano Amon, appointed in Jan 2018, has a tenure of 6.25 years. total yearly compensation is $23.49M, comprised of 5.7% salary and 94.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.022% of the company’s shares, worth $40.72M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.3 years and 5.7 years respectively.

Key information

Cristiano Amon

Chief executive officer

US$23.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	5.7%
CEO tenure	6.3yrs
CEO ownership	0.02%
Management average tenure	3.3yrs
Board average tenure	5.7yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Cristiano Amon's remuneration changed compared to QUALCOMM's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 24 2023	n/a	n/a	US$8b
Sep 24 2023	US$23m	US$1m	US$7b
Jun 25 2023	n/a	n/a	US$9b
Mar 26 2023	n/a	n/a	US$11b
Dec 25 2022	n/a	n/a	US$12b
Sep 25 2022	US$5m	US$1m	US$13b
Jun 26 2022	n/a	n/a	US$13b
Mar 27 2022	n/a	n/a	US$11b
Dec 26 2021	n/a	n/a	US$10b
Sep 26 2021	US$21m	US$1m	US$9b
Jun 27 2021	n/a	n/a	US$9b
Mar 28 2021	n/a	n/a	US$8b
Dec 27 2020	n/a	n/a	US$7b
Sep 27 2020	US$15m	US$1m	US$5b
Jun 28 2020	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Mar 29 2020	n/a	n/a	US$4b
Dec 29 2019	n/a	n/a	US$4b
Sep 29 2019	US$13m	US$1m	US$4b
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Sep 30 2018	US$14m	US$917k	-US$5b
Jun 24 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$4b
Mar 25 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$5b
Dec 24 2017	n/a	n/a	-US$4b
Sep 24 2017	US$9m	US$750k	US$2b

Compensation vs Market: Cristiano's total compensation ($USD23.49M) is above average for companies of similar size in the CL market ($USD6.04M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Cristiano's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Cristiano Amon (53 yo)

6.3yrs

Tenure

US$23,490,335

Compensation

Mr. Cristiano Renno Amon serves as an Independent Director since October 2023 at Adobe Inc. He has been Chief Executive Officer and Director of QUALCOMM Incorporated since June 30, 2021 and has been its Pr...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Cristiano Amon	Chief Executive Officer	6.3yrs	US$23.49m	0.022% $ 40.7m
Akash Palkhiwala	CFO & COO	4.7yrs	US$8.52m	0.0062% $ 11.3m
Ann N. Chaplin	General Counsel & Corporate Secretary	2.4yrs	US$5.53m	0.00090% $ 1.6m
Alexander Rogers	President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL) & Global Affairs	16.9yrs	US$7.50m	0.0028% $ 5.2m
James Thompson	Chief Technology Officer of Qualcomm Technologies	3.3yrs	US$10.79m	0.032% $ 58.5m
Neil Martin	SVP of Finance & Chief Accounting Officer	1.3yrs	no data	0% $ 0
Mauricio Lopez-Hodoyan	Vice President of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Don McGuire	Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer	1.3yrs	no data	no data
Colin Ryan	Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer	no data	no data	no data
Heather Ace	Chief Human Resources Officer	4.1yrs	US$5.70m	0.0023% $ 4.3m
James Cathey	Chief Commercial Officer of Qualcomm Technologies	no data	US$4.46m	0.00045% $ 822.4k
Nakul Duggal	Senior VP and GM of Automotive & Cloud Computing of Qualcomm Technologies	no data	no data	no data

3.3yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: QCOM's management team is considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Cristiano Amon	Chief Executive Officer	2.8yrs	US$23.49m	0.022% $ 40.7m
Anthony Vinciquerra	Independent Director	8.8yrs	US$375.08k	0.00047% $ 858.9k
Mark Fields	Independent Director	5.8yrs	US$350.08k	0.00027% $ 493.4k
Ann Livermore	Independent Director	7.5yrs	US$405.08k	0.0029% $ 5.4m
Jeffrey Henderson	Independent Director	8.3yrs	US$415.08k	0.00057% $ 1.0m
Irene Rosenfeld	Independent Director	5.5yrs	US$415.08k	0.00090% $ 1.6m
Jean-Pascal Tricoire	Independent Director	3.8yrs	US$360.08k	0.00017% $ 310.7k
Jamie Miller	Independent Director	3.9yrs	US$337.75k	0.00037% $ 676.2k
Kornelis Smit	Independent Director	5.8yrs	US$390.08k	0.00027% $ 493.4k
Mark McLaughlin	Independent Chairman of the Board	8.8yrs	US$542.63k	0.0020% $ 3.7m
Gregory Johnson	Independent Director	3.4yrs	US$340.08k	0.00028% $ 511.7k
Sylvia Acevedo	Independent Director	3.4yrs	US$340.88k	0.00026% $ 475.2k

5.7yrs

Average Tenure

60.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: QCOM's board of directors are considered experienced (5.7 years average tenure).

QUALCOMM Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Qualcomm Incorporated Appoints Akash Palkhiwala as Chief Operating Officer

QUALCOMM Incorporated, Annual General Meeting, Mar 05, 2024

Insufficient new directors

Insider recently sold US$1.2m worth of stock

Insider recently sold US$3.2m worth of stock

Insider recently sold US$1.3m worth of stock

Recent updates

First quarter dividend of US$0.85 announced

QUALCOMM Incorporated to Report Q2, 2024 Results on May 01, 2024

Qualcomm Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 20, 2024

QUALCOMM Incorporated Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable After March 21, 2024

Upcoming dividend of US$0.80 per share

QUALCOMM Incorporated Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$2.52 (vs US$2.03 in 1Q 2023)

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.80 announced

Qualcomm Incorporated Appoints Akash Palkhiwala as Chief Operating Officer

QUALCOMM Incorporated, Annual General Meeting, Mar 05, 2024

QUALCOMM Incorporated to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Jan 31, 2024

Insufficient new directors

Upcoming dividend of US$0.80 per share at 2.5% yield

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 16%

Insider recently sold US$1.2m worth of stock

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$6.57 (vs US$11.56 in FY 2022)

QUALCOMM Incorporated Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024

QUALCOMM Incorporated to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Nov 01, 2023

Qualcomm Incorporated Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on December 14, 2023

Insider recently sold US$3.2m worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.80 per share at 2.9% yield

QUALCOMM Incorporated Reports Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.56 (vs US$3.32 in 3Q 2022)

Qualcomm Incorporated Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on September 21, 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$0.80 per share at 3.1% yield

QUALCOMM Incorporated Reports Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter of 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.53 (vs US$2.61 in 2Q 2022)

Insider recently sold US$1.3m worth of stock

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.03 (vs US$3.02 in 1Q 2022)

QUALCOMM Incorporated Provides Earnings Guidance Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2023

QUALCOMM Incorporated to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Feb 02, 2023

QUALCOMM Incorporated, Annual General Meeting, Mar 08, 2023

Qualcomm Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on March 23, 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$0.75 per share

High number of new directors

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$11.56 (vs US$8.00 in FY 2021)

Qualcomm Incorporated Provides Earnings Guidance for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2023

QUALCOMM Incorporated to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Nov 02, 2022

Qualcomm Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on December 15, 2022

Arm Files Lawsuit Against Qualcomm and Nuvia for Breach of License Agreements and Trademark Infringement

Upcoming dividend of US$0.75 per share

QUALCOMM Incorporated Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of 2022

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$3.32 (vs US$1.80 in 3Q 2021)

Qualcomm Incorporated Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend for Common Share, Payable on September 22, 2022

QUALCOMM Incorporated to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Jul 27, 2022

QUALCOMM Incorporated (NasdaqGS:QCOM) acquired Cellwize Wireless Technologies Pte Ltd. from Viola Ventures, Vintage Ventures Advisors Ltd., Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners Management GmbH, Bright Pixel Capital, Intel Capital Corporation, Qualcomm Ventures LLC and others.

Qualcomm Keen to Buy Arm Stake in Chip Designer's Upcoming IPO

High number of new directors

CEO Compensation Analysis

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