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Alphabet Executive Compensation (FY25)
GOOGL · Mountain View, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025 ◇ Sundar Pichai | Latest say-on-pay support = June 5, 2026 | Chief executive pay ratio ◇ To the median employee |
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Data as of October 22, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 11, 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 — Sundar Pichai: $10,725,043 → $10,906,079 (1.7% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 32:1 → 35:1 (9.4% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Alphabet's chief executive and what were they paid?
Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet and Google, and Director, received $10,906,079 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Pichai's total moved 1.7% higher from the $10,725,043 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Alphabet's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 80.8% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 5, 2026.
Which companies are in Alphabet's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Amazon.com, Inc., Apple Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation and Meta Platforms, Inc., among others.
What is Alphabet's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 35:1, against median employee compensation of $311,602.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sundar Pichai Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet and Google, and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Philipp Schindler Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer, Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Prabhakar Raghavan Senior Vice President, Knowledge and Information, Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ruth Porat Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Alphabet and Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kent Walker President, Global Affairs, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary, Alphabet and Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philipp Schindler Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer, Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Prabhakar Raghavan Senior Vice President, Knowledge and Information, Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ruth Porat President and Chief Investment Officer; Chief Financial Officer, Alphabet and Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kent Walker President, Global Affairs, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Alphabet and Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sundar Pichai Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet and Google, and Director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anat Ashkenazi Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Alphabet and Google, as of July 31, 2024 | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Philipp Schindler Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer, Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Prabhakar Raghavan Senior Vice President, Knowledge and Information, Google, until October 16, 2024 | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ruth Porat President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google; Chief Financial Officer, Alphabet and Google, through July 30, 2024 | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kent Walker President, Global Affairs, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Alphabet and Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sundar Pichai Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet and Google, and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philipp Schindler Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer, Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Anat Ashkenazi Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Alphabet and Google, as of July 31, 2024 | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ruth Porat President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kent Walker President, Global Affairs, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary, Alphabet and Google | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sundar Pichai Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet and Google, and Director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anat Ashkenazi | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Anat Ashkenazi | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Kent Walker | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Kent Walker | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Philipp Schindler | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Philipp Schindler | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Ruth Porat | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Ruth Porat | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
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
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundar Pichai | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Philipp Schindler | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Kent Walker | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Ruth Porat | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Anat Ashkenazi | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| 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
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John L. Hennessy Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Roger W. Ferguson Jr | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
L. John Doerr | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Frances H. Arnold | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
R. Martin Marty Chávez | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Robin L. Washington | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
K. Ram Shriram | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Larry Page | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sergey Brin | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sundar Pichai 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 | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Google stock units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN
- Apple Inc. AAPL
- Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO
- International Business Machines Corporation IBM
- Meta Platforms, Inc. META
- Microsoft Corporation MSFT
- Netflix, Inc. NFLX
- Nvidia NVDA
- Oracle Corporation ORCL
- Salesforce, Inc. CRM
- The Walt Disney Company DIS
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 5, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | April 21, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
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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208 figures on this page: 206 cited to the filing that reported them, 2 calculated from figures it prints.
206 cited to the filing
2 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001193125-26-267578Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001308179-26-000342Alphabet CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 202 · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025 · and 2 more sections
- 0001308179-25-0005112024 Summary Compensation Table
- 0001308179-24-0006122023 Summary Compensation Table
- 0001193125-23-163590Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001308179-23-000736
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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
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}
}