CEO · QCOM
CEO$Executive Intelligence
Cristiano Amon
CEO · Qualcomm QCOM
$29.7M
FY2025 total compensation
Filed · DEF 14AQualcomm’s CEO, a Qualcomm lifer pushing the wireless-chip leader beyond smartphones into PCs, autos, and edge AI.
CEO since2021
Born1970
Pay rank#29 of 50 tracked
Pay vs performance
what happened while he earned itCEO compensation$29.7M
Stock · since 2024-5.4%
S&P 500 · since 2024+38.4%
Revenue · YoY+13.7%
EPS · YoY-44.1%
CEO tenure5 yrs
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Why this pay?
- His fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table total was $29.7 million — salary, an annual cash incentive, and the grant value of performance stock — a raise even as profits fell, putting his pay at roughly 292 times the company’s median worker.
Quick facts
CEO since2021
PreviouslyQualcomm
Largest pay componentStock & options · 81%
Pay rank (tracked)#29 of 50
EducationUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (BS, Electrical Engineering)
Compensation breakdown
DEF 14Atotal · FY2025$29,701,097
Salary$1,350,000
Cash incentive$3,186,000
Stock awards$24,162,043
All other comp$1,003,054
Total$29,701,097
~292x the median employee; a raise despite a fall in net income. Source: Qualcomm 2026 Proxy (FY2025) →
Compensation history
salary + cash vs stock, from the proxies$25.9MFY2024
$29.7MFY2025
Stock & optionsSalary & cashOther
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