ASTceMobile's CEO is Abel Avellan, appointed in Jan 2017, has a tenure of 9.33 years. directly owns 0.013% of the company’s shares, worth €4.60M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.9 years and 5.1 years respectively.
Key information
Abel Avellan
Chief executive officer
US$14.2m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
n/a
CEO tenure
9.3yrs
CEO ownership
0.01%
Management average tenure
1.9yrs
Board average tenure
5.1yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Abel Avellan's remuneration changed compared to AST SpaceMobile's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
-US$487m
Dec 31 2025
US$14m
n/a
-US$342m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-US$304m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-US$353m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
-US$326m
Dec 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$300m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$296m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$145m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$91m
Dec 31 2023
n/a
n/a
-US$88m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-US$64m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-US$53m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
-US$37m
Dec 31 2022
n/a
n/a
-US$32m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
-US$27m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
-US$13m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
-US$30m
Dec 31 2021
US$9k
US$9k
-US$19m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$24m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$34m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$20m
Dec 31 2020
US$36k
US$36k
-US$24m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$19m
Dec 31 2019
US$24k
US$24k
-US$11m
Compensation vs Market: Abel's total compensation ($USD14.22M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD5.56M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Abel's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
CEO
Abel Avellan (54 yo)
9.3yrs
Tenure
US$14,222,500
Compensation
Mr. Abel Avellan is a Founder of AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (Alternate Name: AST & Science, LLC) in 2017 and has been its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman since 2017. He served as the President of AST Space...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Abel Avellan
Founder
9.3yrs
US$14.22m
0.013% € 4.6m
Scott Wisniewski
President & Chief Strategy Officer
1.9yrs
US$9.57m
0.15% € 53.4m
Andrew Johnson
Executive VP
2yrs
US$9.63m
0.039% € 13.8m
Shanti Gupta
Executive VP & COO
1.9yrs
US$9.57m
0.039% € 13.9m
Huiwen Yao
Executive VP & CTO
8.3yrs
US$416.77k
0.015% € 5.3m
Maya Bernal
Senior Director & Chief Accounting Officer
1.9yrs
no data
0.017% € 6.0m
Christopher Ivory
Chief Commercial Officer
no data
no data
no data
Raymond Sedwick
Chief Scientist of Space Systems
no data
no data
no data
Sriram Jayasimha
Chief Scientist of Commercial Applications
no data
no data
no data
Roy Sofer
Senior Vice President of Engineering
no data
no data
no data
JR Wilson
Chief of Networks & Spectrum
1.3yrs
no data
no data
Jennifer Manner
Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs & International Strategy
less than a year
no data
no data
1.9yrs
Average Tenure
49yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 3ZU0's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Abel Avellan
Founder
9.3yrs
US$14.22m
0.013% € 4.6m
Andrew Johnson
Executive VP
1.3yrs
US$9.63m
0.039% € 13.8m
Richard Sarnoff
Non-Employee & Independent Director
5.1yrs
US$252.65k
0.14% € 49.7m
Ronald Rubin
Non-Employee & Independent Director
5.1yrs
US$252.65k
0.022% € 7.8m
Edward Knapp
Non-Employee Director
5.1yrs
no data
0.0034% € 1.2m
Keith Larson
Director
1.3yrs
no data
0.00067% € 236.5k
Johan Wibergh
Independent Director
1.9yrs
US$280.15k
0.0078% € 2.8m
Julio Torres
Lead Independent Director
5.1yrs
US$275.15k
0.014% € 5.1m
Adriana Cisneros
Non-Employee & Independent Director
5.1yrs
US$262.65k
0.26% € 92.3m
Luke Ibbetson
Non-Employee Director
5.1yrs
no data
no data
5.1yrs
Average Tenure
58.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 3ZU0's board of directors are considered experienced (5.1 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/25 05:57
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/25 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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AST SpaceMobile, Inc. is covered by 11 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.