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Arista Networks Executive Compensation (FY25)

ANET · Santa Clara, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Jayshree Ullal
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 29, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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Data as of November 4, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 2, 2026
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Jayshree Ullal: $8,949,403 → $2,872,145 (67.9% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 61.6% → 60.3% (1.3 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 52:1 → 15:1 (71.2% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Arista Networks' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Jayshree Ullal, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson, came to $2,872,145 in fiscal 2025. Ullal's total moved 67.9% lower from the $8,949,403 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Arista Networks' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 60.3% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 29, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Arista Networks' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Advanced Micro Devices, Akamai Technologies, Autodesk, Cadence Design Systems and Ciena, among others.
What is Arista Networks' chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 15:1, against median employee compensation of $190,815.

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
Jayshree Ullal
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Anshul Sadana
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ita Brennan
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kenneth Duda
Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Software Engineering
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Marc Taxay
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jayshree Ullal
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Anshul Sadana
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ita Brennan
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kenneth Duda
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Marc Taxay
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Kenneth Duda
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chantelle Breithaupt
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Jayshree Ullal
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Anshul Sadana
Former Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Marc Taxay
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John McCool
Chief Platform Officer, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ita Brennan
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Todd Nightingale
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chantelle Breithaupt
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kenneth Duda
Founder, President, Chief Technology Officer and Director
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Jayshree Ullal
Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Marc Taxay
Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
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
Chantelle BreithauptPSU◇—◇———◇
Chantelle BreithauptPSU◇—◇———◇
Chantelle BreithauptPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Chantelle BreithauptPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jayshree UllalPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Kenneth DudaPSU◇—◇———◇
Kenneth DudaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Kenneth DudaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Kenneth DudaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Marc TaxayPSU◇—◇———◇
Todd NightingalePSU◇—◇———◇
Todd NightingalePSU◇—◇———◇
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
Todd NightingaleRSU◇◇——
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Kenneth DudaRSU◇◇——
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Jayshree UllalRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Chantelle BreithauptRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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Marc TaxayRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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RSU◇◇——
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RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Marc Taxay
Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel · Consulting agreement
Change-in-control trigger◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Clawback◇
Todd Nightingale
President and Chief Operating Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Daniel Scheinman
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Lewis Chew
◇◇————◇
Charles Giancarlo
◇◇————◇
Yvonne Wassenaar
◇◇————◇
Kelly Battles
◇◇————◇
Mark B. Templeton
◇◇————◇
Greg Lavender
◇◇————◇
Jayshree Ullal and Kenneth Duda 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 cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Stock ownership guideline: Stock ownership requirements for our directors and CEO

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Advanced Micro Devices AMD
  • Akamai Technologies AKAM
  • Autodesk ADSK
  • Cadence Design Systems CDNS
  • Ciena CIEN
  • CrowdStrike CRWD
  • Digital Realty DLR
  • Equinix EQIX
  • Fortinet FTNT
  • Intuitive Surgical ISRG
  • NetApp NTAP
  • Palo Alto Networks PANW
  • ServiceNow NOW
  • Synopsys SNPS
  • Workday WDAY
  • Zscaler ZS

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 29, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 30, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 7, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 14, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 31, 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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275 figures on this page: 270 cited to the filing that reported them, 5 calculated from figures it prints.
270 cited to the filing
5 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001596532-26-000118
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-26-158942
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Fiscal 2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table · and 1 more section
  3. 0001596532-25-000216
    Employment Agreement
  5. 0001596532-25-000148
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001193125-25-082860
    Fiscal 2024 Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001596532-24-000233
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001193125-24-110073
    Fiscal 2023 Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0001596532-23-000168
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001193125-23-126846
    Fiscal 2022 Summary Compensation Table
  11. 0001596532-22-000179
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Arista Networks discloses

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

Advanced Micro DevicesAkamai TechnologiesAutodeskCadence Design SystemsCienaCrowdStrikeDigital RealtyEquinixFortinetIntuitive SurgicalNetAppPalo Alto NetworksServiceNowSynopsysWorkdayZscaler

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@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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