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C3.AI Executive Compensation (FY25)

AI · Redwood City, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): October 9, 2025
222 figures on this page: 218 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Thomas Siebel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, received $25,516,876 in total compensation for fiscal 2025, and the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 118:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $216,478. For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 86.0% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held October 3, 2025. The disclosed peer group names Appian, Datadog, DocuSign, JFrog and MongoDB, among others. For fiscal 2025, the company reported 4 named executive officers.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Thomas Siebel
Latest say-on-pay support
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October 3, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Say-on-pay support: 87.4% → 86.0% (1.4 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 96:1 → 118:1 (22.9% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is C3.AI's chief executive and what were they paid?
Thomas Siebel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, received $25,516,876 in total compensation for fiscal 2025.
What was C3.AI's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 86.0% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held October 3, 2025.
Which companies are in C3.AI's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Appian, Datadog, DocuSign, JFrog and MongoDB, among others.
What is C3.AI's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 118:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $216,478.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Edward Abbo
President and Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Houman Behzadi
Executive Vice President (previously President and Chief Product Officer)
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Thomas Siebel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Juho Parkkinen
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Richard Lutton Jr.
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Departed during or after this year
◇———◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Thomas Siebel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Guy Wanger
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Hitesh Lath
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Edward Abbo
Former President and Chief Technology Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇———◇—◇◇
Houman Behzadi
Executive Vice President
◇———◇—◇◇
Juho Parkkinen
Former Vice President of Finance
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Thomas Siebel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Hitesh Lath
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Edward Abbo
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Merel Witteveen
Senior Vice President, Operations
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Edward Y. AbboRSU◇——◇——◇
Hitesh LathRSU◇——◇——◇
Hitesh LathRSU◇——◇——◇
Merel WitteveenRSU◇——◇——◇
Merel WitteveenRSU◇——◇——◇
Merel WitteveenRSU◇——◇——◇
Merel WitteveenRSU◇——◇——◇
Merel WitteveenRSU◇——◇——◇
Merel WitteveenRSU◇——◇——◇
Merel WitteveenRSU◇——◇——◇
Thomas M. SiebelOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Thomas M. SiebelRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Edward AbboOption◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Thomas SiebelRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Merel WitteveenOption◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Hitesh LathRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jim H. Snabe
—◇◇———◇
Alan Murray
——◇———◇
KR Sridhar
——◇———◇
Michael G. McCaffery
——◇———◇
Bruce Sewell
——◇———◇
Stephen M. Ward, Jr
——◇———◇
Richard C. Levin
——◇———◇
Lisa A. Davis
——◇———◇
General (Ret.) John Hyten
——◇———◇
Condoleezza Rice
——◇———◇
Thomas M. Siebel and Kenneth A. Goldman served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as Options.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Appian APPN
  • Datadog DDOG
  • DocuSign DOCU
  • JFrog FROG
  • MongoDB MDB
  • nCino NCNO
  • PagerDuty PD
  • Palantir Technologies PLTR
  • Pegasystems PEGA
  • ServiceNow NOW
  • Snowflake SNOW
  • Sprinklr CXM
  • Twilio TWLO
  • Workday WDAY
  • Yext YEXT

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025October 3, 2025=◇◇◇
2024October 2, 2024=◇◇◇
2023October 4, 2023=◇◇◇
2022October 5, 2022=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

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222 figures on this page: 218 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
218 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001577526-25-000045
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001577526-25-000012
    CEO PAY RATIO · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2025 · and 3 more sections
  3. 0001628280-24-042519
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001628280-24-038092
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001628280-23-034217
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001628280-23-030459
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001628280-22-026174
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001577526-25-000028
    Fiscal Year 2025 Director Compensation Table
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Peers C3.AI discloses

The companies named in AI's own disclosed peer group.

AppianDatadogDocuSignJFrogMongoDBnCinoPagerDutyPalantir TechnologiesPegasystemsServiceNowSnowflakeSprinklrTwilioWorkdayYext

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Cite this data
APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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