X-Energy's CEO is J. Sell, appointed in Jan 2019, has a tenure of 7.42 years. total yearly compensation is $10.50M, comprised of 5.8% salary and 94.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.3% of the company’s shares, worth $98.47M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.6 years and 3.4 years respectively.
How has J. Sell's remuneration changed compared to X-Energy's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
-US$546m
Dec 31 2025
US$10m
US$612k
-US$390m
Compensation vs Market: J.'s total compensation ($USD10.50M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD8.38M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare J.'s compensation with company performance.
CEO
J. Sell (58 yo)
7.4yrs
Tenure
US$10,497,682
Compensation
Mr. J. Clay Sell is Chief Executive Officer and Director of X-Energy Inc. from July 2021 and January 2019 respectively. Mr. Sell is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of X-Energy Management...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Kamal Ghaffarian
Founder & Executive Chairman
no data
US$400.00k
4.28% $ 323.6m
J. Sell
CEO & Director
7.4yrs
US$10.50m
1.3% $ 98.5m
Daniel Gross
Executive VP & CFO
less than a year
US$6.56m
0.27% $ 20.5m
Dragan Popovic
Executive VP & Chief of Global Operations
less than a year
US$4.91m
0.19% $ 14.3m
Laura Garcia
Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer
2.6yrs
no data
0.068% $ 5.1m
Martin van Staden
Senior VP & Chief Technology Officer
no data
no data
no data
Eben Mulder
Senior VP & Chief Scientist
no data
no data
no data
Matt Welsh
VP & Chief Information Officer
no data
no data
no data
Steven Miller
Executive VP and Chief Legal & Administration Officer
no data
no data
0.33% $ 24.9m
Patricia Gil
Director of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
David Royer
Co-General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
no data
no data
no data
Robert McEntyre
Vice President of Corporate Communications
no data
no data
no data
2.6yrs
Average Tenure
56.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: XE's management team is considered experienced (2.6 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Kamal Ghaffarian
Founder & Executive Chairman
no data
US$400.00k
4.28% $ 323.6m
J. Sell
CEO & Director
4.9yrs
US$10.50m
1.3% $ 98.5m
David Kaplan
Independent Director
2.5yrs
no data
no data
Kathleen Hyle
Independent Director
3.4yrs
US$484.44k
0.041% $ 3.1m
Edward Sonnenschein
Director
4.5yrs
no data
0.28% $ 21.4m
Michael Wallace
Independent Director
4.5yrs
US$322.09k
0.024% $ 1.8m
Gregory Goff
Independent Director
2.9yrs
US$560.69k
0.041% $ 3.1m
Christopher Ginther
Independent Director
3.4yrs
US$545.90k
0.041% $ 3.1m
Allyson Satin
Independent Director
less than a year
no data
no data
3.4yrs
Average Tenure
67yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: XE's board of directors are considered experienced (3.4 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/14 04:17
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/12 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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X-Energy, Inc. is covered by 8 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.