Equinix Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Equinix's CEO is Charles Meyers, appointed in Sep 2018, has a tenure of 5.67 years. total yearly compensation is $23.93M, comprised of 4.4% salary and 95.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.015% of the company’s shares, worth €9.02M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.6 years and 4.6 years respectively.

Key information

Charles Meyers

Chief executive officer

US$23.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	4.4%
CEO tenure	5.7yrs
CEO ownership	0.01%
Management average tenure	6.6yrs
Board average tenure	4.6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Charles Meyers's remuneration changed compared to Equinix's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2023	US$24m	US$1m	US$969m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$870m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$806m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$816m
Dec 31 2022	US$22m	US$1m	US$704m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$699m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$639m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$491m
Dec 31 2021	US$23m	US$1m	US$500m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$428m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$342m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$407m
Dec 31 2020	US$26m	US$1m	US$370m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$444m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$498m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$508m
Dec 31 2019	US$17m	US$1m	US$507m
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$492m
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$496m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$421m
Dec 31 2018	US$12m	US$760k	US$365m
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$321m
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$276m
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$254m
Dec 31 2017	US$6m	US$623k	US$233m

Compensation vs Market: Charles's total compensation ($USD23.93M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD5.55M).

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

CEO

Charles Meyers (57 yo)

5.7yrs

Tenure

US$23,927,452

Compensation

Mr. Charles J. Meyers serves as an Independent Director of Fastly, Inc. since July 8, 2021. He has been President, Director and Chief Executive Officer at Equinix, Inc. and Equinix, Inc. (REIT) since Septe...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Peter Van Camp	Executive Chairman	24.3yrs	no data	0.0086% $ 5.3m
Charles Meyers	President	5.7yrs	US$23.93m	0.015% $ 9.0m
Keith Taylor	Chief Financial Officer	18.7yrs	US$11.64m	0.026% $ 15.9m
Brandi Morandi	Chief Legal & HR Officer	21.3yrs	US$7.66m	0.016% $ 9.7m
Michael Campbell	Chief Sales Officer	7.8yrs	US$7.94m	0.016% $ 10.1m
Scott Crenshaw	Executive VP & GM of Digital Services	1.8yrs	US$6.34m	0% $ 0
Raouf Abdel	Executive Vice President of Global Operations	no data	no data	no data
Simon Miller	Chief Accounting Officer	5.5yrs	no data	0.0053% $ 3.2m
Justin Dustzadeh	Chief Technology Officer	4.7yrs	no data	no data
Milind Wagle	Senior VP & Chief Information Officer	7.5yrs	no data	no data
Mary Wellman	VP of Legal & Chief Compliance Officer	18.3yrs	no data	no data
Adam Berlew	Chief Marketing Officer	less than a year	no data	no data

6.6yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: EQN2's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.6 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Peter Van Camp	Executive Chairman	24.3yrs	no data	0.0086% $ 5.3m
Charles Meyers	President	5.7yrs	US$23.93m	0.015% $ 9.0m
Christopher Paisley	Lead Independent Director	16.8yrs	US$413.16k	0.020% $ 12.0m
Gary Hromadko	Independent Director	20.9yrs	US$384.07k	0.15% $ 91.8m
Nanci Caldwell	Independent Director	8.4yrs	US$357.16k	0.0021% $ 1.3m
Thomas Olinger	Independent Director	1.3yrs	US$438.46k	0.00013% $ 80.0k
Fidelma Russo	Independent Director	1.9yrs	US$290.57k	0% $ 0
Jeetendra Patel	Independent Director	1.9yrs	US$336.16k	0.00038% $ 233.8k
Ron Guerrier	Independent Director	2.7yrs	US$34.00k	0% $ 0
Adaire Fox-Martin	Independent Director	4.3yrs	US$334.66k	0.00041% $ 252.2k
Sandra Rivera	Independent Director	4.6yrs	US$344.66k	0.0014% $ 873.5k

4.6yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: EQN2's board of directors are considered experienced (4.6 years average tenure).

Equinix Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Equinix, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 23, 2024

Equinix, Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Independent Director recently sold €1.4m worth of stock

Insider recently sold €2.6m worth of stock

Equinix Appoints Adam Berlew as Chief Marketing Officer

Chief Financial Officer recently sold €1.4m worth of stock

Recent updates

Equinix, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 23, 2024

Equinix, Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Upcoming dividend of US$4.26 per share

Fourth quarter dividend of US$4.26 announced

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Equinix, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend on Its Common Stock, Payable on March 20, 2024

Equinix Announces Fully Managed Service for Nvidia Dgx Ai Supercomputing

Equinix, Inc. Enhances Multicloud Networking Portfolio, Enabling Enterprises to Easily and Efficiently Connect Applications Across Multiple Clouds

Independent Director recently sold €1.4m worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$4.26 per share at 2.2% yield

Insider recently sold €2.6m worth of stock

Equinix, Inc. Provides Revenue Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2023

Equinix Appoints Adam Berlew as Chief Marketing Officer

Chief Financial Officer recently sold €1.4m worth of stock

President recently sold €5.2m worth of stock

Equinix, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2023

Equinix, Inc. Announces Significant Enhancements to Equinix Fabric®, Featuring the Introduction of 25 and 50 Gigabits Per Second (Gbps) Virtual Connections to Cloud Service Providers

Insider recently sold €3.4m worth of stock

Equinix, Inc. Appoints Resignation of Karl Strohmeyer as Chief Customer and Revenue Officer

Lead Independent Director recently sold €51k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$3.41 per share at 1.8% yield

Chief Customer & Revenue Officer recently sold €4.5m worth of stock

Equinix, Inc. Provides Revenue Guidance for the Second Quarter and Full Year of 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$3.41 per share at 2.0% yield

Equinix Announces Executive Changes

Equinix, Inc. Provides Revenue Guidance for the First Quarter and Full Year of 2023

Equinix, Inc. Announces Board Changes

Insider recently sold €432k worth of stock

Chief Financial Officer recently sold €1.7m worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$3.10 per share

Equinix, Inc. Provides Revenue Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2022

Chief Sales Officer recently sold €701k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$3.10 per share

Equinix, Inc. Appoints Scott Crenshaw as EVP & GM, Digital Services

High number of new directors

Equinix, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

High number of new directors

Equinix, Inc. Announces Two New Appointments to Board of Directors

Upcoming dividend of US$3.10 per share

President recently sold €8.3m worth of stock

Equinix, Inc. (NasdaqGS:EQIX) entered into an agreement to acquire Data Center in Peru from Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. (SNSE:ENTEL).

Equinix, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

Equinix Promotes Tara Risser to President, Americas

Equinix, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 25, 2022

Equinix, Inc. (NasdaqGS:EQIX) completed the acquisition of Main One Cable Company Nigeria Limited.

Executive Chairman recently sold €632k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$3.10 per share

Equinix, Inc. Promotes Nicole Collins to Chief Transformation Officer

Equinix, Inc. Provides Revenue Guidance for the First Quarter and Full Year of 2022

Equinix, Inc. (NasdaqGS:EQIX) agreed to acquire Main One Cable Company Nigeria Limited for enterprise value of 320 million.

Equinix, Inc. Brings the Latest Arm and AI Technology to Bare Metal Platform for Cloud Builders

Upcoming dividend of US$2.87 per share

Equinix, Inc. (Reit) Boosts 5G and Edge Ecosystem Innovation with Nokia

Equinix, Inc. (REIT) (NasdaqGS:EQIX) completed the acquisition of India operations from GPX Global Systems, Inc for approximately $160 million.

Independent Director recently sold €5.9m worth of stock

Executive Chairman recently sold €1.0m worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$2.87 per share

Independent Director Thomas Bartlett has left the company

Independent Director recently sold €6.5m worth of stock

Independent Director William Luby has left the company

Lead Independent Director recently sold €118k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$2.87 per share

Equinix, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend, Payable on June 16, 2021

William Luby Not Stand for Reelection as Director of Equinix, Inc

Pure Storage and Equinix Collaborate to Deliver Physical Infrastructure At Software Speed

Equinix and Vodafone Collaborate to Build Digital Hub in Genoa, Connecting Africa, Europe and the Middle East

New 90-day low: €546

Revenue beats expectations

New 90-day low: €550