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Indie Semiconductor Executive Compensation (FY25)
INDI · Aliso Viejo, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 29, 2026
216 figures on this page: 213 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Donald McClymont was paid $3,704,970 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025, and McClymont's total moved 19.6% higher from the $3,098,993 reported for fiscal 2024. The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 25.4:1, against median employee compensation of $145,881. The say-on-pay proposal drew 94.1% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 28, 2026 for fiscal 2025. Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Aeva Technologies, Inc., Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Ltd., Ambarella, Inc., CEVA, Inc. and Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd., among others.
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 — Donald McClymont: $3,098,993 → $3,704,970 (19.6% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 95.1% → 94.1% (1.0 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 26:1 → 25.4:1 (2.3% lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Indie Semiconductor's chief executive and what were they paid?
Donald McClymont was paid $3,704,970 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. McClymont's total moved 19.6% higher from the $3,098,993 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Indie Semiconductor's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 94.1% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 28, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Indie Semiconductor's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Aeva Technologies, Inc., Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Ltd., Ambarella, Inc., CEVA, Inc. and Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd., among others.
What is Indie Semiconductor's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 25.4:1, against median employee compensation of $145,881.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donald McClymont Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Steven Machuga Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ichiro Aoki President | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Thomas Schiller Former Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategy Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donald McClymont Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Thomas Schiller Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategy | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Steve Machuga Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kanwardev Bal Chief Accounting Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ichiro Aoki President | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donald McClymont Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kanwardev Bal Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Wittmann Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Thomas Schiller Former Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategy Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ichiro Aoki President | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donald McClymont Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Naixi Wu Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Executive Vice President | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Wittmann Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kanwardev Bal Former Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Executive Vice President Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ichiro Aoki President | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald McClymont | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Donald McClymont | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Ichiro Aoki | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Ichiro Aoki | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Kanwardev Raja Singh | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael Wittmann | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael Wittmann | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael Wittmann | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Naixi Wu | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Naixi Wu | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Naixi Wu | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichiro Aoki | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/3/2032 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Michael Wittmann | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Naixi Wu | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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| Donald McClymont | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/3/2032 | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diane Brink | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
David Aldrich Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Sonalee Parekh | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jeffrey Owens | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Diane Biagianti | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Karl-Thomas Neumann | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ichiro Aoki and Donald McClymont 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 | ◇ |
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Aeva Technologies, Inc. AEVA
- Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Ltd. AOSL
- Ambarella, Inc. AMBA
- CEVA, Inc. CEVA
- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. CRDO
- Impinj, Inc. PI
- Luminar Technologies, Inc. LAZR
- MaxLinear, Inc. MXL
- Navitas Semiconductor Corporation NVTS
- Ouster, Inc. OUST
- Power Integrations, Inc. POWI
- Rambus Inc. RMBS
- Silicon Laboratories, Inc. SLAB
- SiTime Corporation SITM
- SkyWater Technology, Inc. SKYT
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 4, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 13, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
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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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Indie Semiconductor disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Indie Semiconductor sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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216 figures on this page: 213 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints.
213 cited to the filing
3 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001193125-26-248380Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-26-161644CEO Pay Ratio · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
- 0001628280-25-030009Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-25-018658Summary Compensation Table
- 0001628280-24-028293Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-24-018185Summary Compensation Table
- 0001628280-23-016166Summary Compensation Table
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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}
}