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Gogo Inc Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Gogo Inc (GOGO) executive compensation
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GOGO · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Christopher Moore

Latest say-on-pay support

May 28, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of November 1, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 2, 2026

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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.

Chief executive total compensation — Christopher Moore: $18,075,027 → $9,043,298 (50.0% lower)

Say-on-pay support: 84.7% → 91.8% (7.1 points higher)

CEO pay ratio: 26:1 → 56:1 (115.4% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Gogo Inc's chief executive and what were they paid?

Christopher Moore was paid $9,043,298 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and Director for fiscal 2025. Moore's total was 50.0% lower than the $18,075,027 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Gogo Inc's say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 91.8% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 28, 2026.

Which companies are in Gogo Inc's peer group?

Companies named in the disclosed peer group include ADTRAN Holdings, Inc., ATN International, Inc., Aviat Networks, Inc., Bandwidth Inc. and Cable One, Inc., among others.

What is Gogo Inc's chief executive pay ratio?

The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 56:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $160,083.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Oakleigh Thorne Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇
Sergio Aguirre President and Chief Operating Officer (6)	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Barry Rowan Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Karen Jackson Former Executive Vice President and Chief People Experience Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jessica Betjemann Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (7)	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Oakleigh Thorne Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇
Barry Rowan Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Sergio Aguirre President and Chief Operating Officer (6)	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Crystal Gordon Executive Vice President General Counsel and Secretary (8)	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jessica Betjemann Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (7)	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Karen Jackson Former Executive Vice President and Chief People Experience Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Christopher Moore Chief Executive Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Oakleigh Thorne Executive Chair and Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇
Sergio Aguirre Former President and Chief Operating Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Zachary Cotner Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Jessica Betjemann Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Crystal Gordon Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Hayden Olson Executive Vice President, General Manager, SD Government	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Christopher Moore Chief Executive Officer and Director	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Oakleigh Thorne Executive Chair and Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Zachary Cotner Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Crystal Gordon Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Hayden Olson Executive Vice President, General Manager, SD Government	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

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

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Christopher Moore	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Crystal Gordon	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Hayden Olson	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Oakleigh Thorne	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Zachary Cotner	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 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

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Christopher Moore	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Oakleigh Thorne	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Crystal Gordon	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Zachary Cotner	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Hayden Olson	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.

Christopher Moore

Chief Executive Officer and Director · Employment agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Crystal Gordon

Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary · Employment agreement

Severance base	◇
Change-in-control trigger	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Hayden Olson

Executive Vice President, General Manager, SD Government · Employment agreement

Severance base	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Zachary Cotner

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Hugh W. Jones Lead independent director	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Harris N. Williams	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Michele Coleman Mayes	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Charles C. Townsend	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Mark Anderson	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Monte J. M. Koch	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Michael Abad-Santos	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Christopher D. Payne	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Robert L. Crandall	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Oakleigh Thorne and Christopher J. Moore 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	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇

Stock ownership guideline: Ms. Gordon is expected to comply with the ownership requirements within three years from her appointment (December 31, 2025). Ms. Gordon is on track to meet the ownership requirements within the applicable three-year period.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. ADTN
ATN International, Inc. ATNI
Aviat Networks, Inc. AVNW
Bandwidth Inc. BAND
Cable One, Inc. CABO
Calix, Inc. CALX
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. CCOI
CommVault Systems, Inc. CVLT
Digi International, Inc. DGII
Extreme Networks, Inc. EXTR
Five9, Inc. FIVN
IDT Corp. IDT
Infinera Corp. INFN
InterDigital, Inc. IDCC
Iridium Communications Inc. IRDM
Ribbon Communications, Inc. RBBN
Viavi Solutions, Inc. VIAV

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	May 28, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	June 12, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	June 4, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	June 6, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	June 7, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	May 27, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	April 29, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	June 11, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	June 8, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	June 7, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇

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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- Christopher Moore (Chief Executive Officer and Director), FY2025 total compensation $9,043,298 (base salary $850,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001193125-26-158978, filed 2026-04-16]

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242 figures on this page: 232 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.

232 cited to the filing

10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed June 2, 2026
0001193125-26-253430
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 16, 2026
0001193125-26-158978
CEO Pay Ratio · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards a · and 1 more section
8-K, filed June 16, 2025
0000950170-25-086797
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 29, 2025
0001140361-25-016313
Summary Compensation Table
Filing, filed March 14, 2025
0000950170-25-039384
EX-10.13 · EX-10.16 · EX-10.19
8-K, filed June 6, 2024
0000950170-24-069859
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 26, 2024
0000950170-24-048525
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 9, 2023
0000950170-23-027247
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Filing, filed February 28, 2023
0000950170-23-005065
EX-10.11
8-K, filed June 9, 2022
0000950170-22-011377
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 1, 2021
0001193125-21-178438
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 4, 2020
0001193125-20-131902
8-K, filed June 12, 2019
0001193125-19-170995
8-K, filed June 8, 2018
0001193125-18-187895
8-K, filed June 7, 2017
0001193125-17-196796
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Peers Gogo Inc discloses

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ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.ATN International, Inc.Aviat Networks, Inc.Bandwidth Inc.Cable One, Inc.Calix, Inc.Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.CommVault Systems, Inc.Digi International, Inc.Extreme Networks, Inc.Five9, Inc.IDT Corp.Infinera Corp.InterDigital, Inc.Iridium Communications Inc.Ribbon Communications, Inc.Viavi Solutions, Inc.

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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}
}