Take it on the chin SatNad: Microsoft chief exec's pay slips 6% in record year

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    "title": "Take it on the chin SatNad: Microsoft chief exec's pay slips 6% in record year",
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    "author": "Paul Kunert",
    "excerpt": "saas Revenue up, operating profit up, 30 million paid Copilot seats locked in, 88 DCs added, $43.8 billion returned to shareholders Sometimes you’ve just got to roll with the punches. Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella was knocked down recently: his total compensation for the corporation’s fiscal 2026 is 6 percent lighter than it was in the prior year. The leader of the software and cloud biz pocketed $90.6 million, including a $2.5 million base salary, $77.6 million in stock awards, $10.3 million non-equity incentive plan compensation and $259,203 in all other compensation (chiefly security for personal travel, charitable gifts and pension contributions). As Reg readers are no doubt be aware, stock vests at a different rate annually and in the latest full-year Nadella was awarded a lower figure, despite breezing through all of his financial and operational targets. Revenue for Microsoft's fiscal 2026 ended June 30 was up 18 percent to $331.8 billion and operating profit was 18 percent higher - at $ 155.237 billion - than SatNad's $130.96 billion target. Together, these areas accounted for 70 percent of the bossman’s remuneration goals. Operational assessment including security, strategic transformation and culture made up the rest. The executive pay scale was outlined in the Notice of Annual Shareholder Meeting and Proxy Statement 2026 . Other highlights in that...",
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