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Samsara Executive Compensation (FY26)

IOT · San Francisco, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): July 23, 2026
223 figures on this page: 220 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Atlassian Corporation, Cloudflare, Inc., Confluent, Inc., CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. and Datadog, Inc., among others. Separately, Sanjit Biswas was paid $18,184,644 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2026, and Biswas' total moved 8.3% lower from the $19,828,903 reported for fiscal 2025, while the disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2026 is 106:1, against median employee compensation of $172,042. The say-on-pay proposal drew 99.0% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held July 22, 2026 for fiscal 2026.
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Sanjit Biswas
Latest say-on-pay support
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July 22, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Sanjit Biswas: $19,828,903 → $18,184,644 (8.3% lower)
CEO pay ratio: 101:1 → 106:1 (5.0% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Samsara's chief executive and what were they paid?
Sanjit Biswas was paid $18,184,644 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2026. Biswas' total moved 8.3% lower from the $19,828,903 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was Samsara's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 99.0% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held July 22, 2026 for fiscal 2026.
Which companies are in Samsara's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Atlassian Corporation, Cloudflare, Inc., Confluent, Inc., CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. and Datadog, Inc., among others. The FY 2027 Peer Group names Axon Enterprise, Inc., Klaviyo, Inc. and ServiceTitan, Inc.
What is Samsara's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2026 is 106:1, against median employee compensation of $172,042.

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
Dominic Phillips
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Adam Eltoukhy
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sanjit Biswas
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chair
◇———◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lara Caimi
Executive Vice President, President of Worldwide Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kiren Sekar
Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sanjit Biswas
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chair
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dominic Phillips
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Andy McCall
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John Bicket
Co-Founder, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Adam Eltoukhy
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lara Caimi
Executive Vice President, President of Worldwide Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sanjit Biswas
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chair
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dominic Phillips
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Adam Eltoukhy
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John Bicket
Co-Founder, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Dominic Phillips
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sanjit Biswas
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Lara Caimi
EVP, President of Worldwide Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Adam Eltoukhy
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John Bicket
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sanjit Biswas
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dominic Phillips
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Adam Eltoukhy
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John Bicket
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Lara Caimi
EVP, President of Worldwide Field 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 2026
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Adam EltoukhyRSU◇——◇——◇
Dominic PhillipsRSU◇——◇——◇
John BicketRSU◇——◇——◇
Sanjit BiswasRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2023, 2024, 2025 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 2026 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Adam EltoukhyRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
John BicketRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Sanjit BiswasRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Dominic PhillipsRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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.
Sanjit Biswas
Chief Executive Officer · Change-in-control agreement · citing a 2026 filing
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
John Bicket
EVP, Chief Technology Officer · Change-in-control agreement · citing a 2026 filing
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Dominic Phillips
EVP, Chief Financial Officer · Change-in-control agreement · citing a 2026 filing
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Adam Eltoukhy
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary · Change-in-control agreement · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Lara Caimi
EVP, President of Worldwide Field Operations · Change-in-control agreement · citing a 2026 filing
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Gary Steele
◇◇————◇
Jonathan Chadwick
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Ann Livermore
◇◇————◇
Todd Bluedorn
◇◇————◇
Sue Bostrom
◇◇————◇
Sue Wagner
◇◇————◇
Alyssa Henry
◇◇————◇
Marc Andreessen, Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket served on the board in fiscal 2026 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 chair premium◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
  • Atlassian Corporation TEAM
  • Cloudflare, Inc. NET
  • Confluent, Inc. CFLT
  • CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD
  • Datadog, Inc. DDOG
  • Docusign, Inc. DOCU
  • Dynatrace, Inc. DT
  • Elastic N.V. ESTC
  • GitLab Inc. GTLB
  • HubSpot, Inc. HUBS
  • MongoDB, Inc. MDB
  • Okta, Inc. OKTA
  • Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR
  • Procore Technologies, Inc. PCOR
  • Snowflake Inc. SNOW
  • Toast, Inc. TOST
  • UiPath, Inc. PATH
  • Unity Software Inc. U
  • Veeva Systems Inc. VEEV
  • Zscaler, Inc. ZS
FY 2027 Peer Group
  • Axon Enterprise, Inc. AXON
  • Klaviyo, Inc. KVYO
  • ServiceTitan, Inc. TTAN

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2026July 22, 2026=◇◇◇
2025July 29, 2025=◇◇◇
2024July 10, 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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Citations

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223 figures on this page: 220 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints.
220 cited to the filing
3 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001628280-26-049446
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001628280-26-039492
    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PAY RATIO · Director Compensation · Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2026 · Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001628280-25-037009
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001642896-25-000046
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001642896-24-000050
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001642896-24-000034
    Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2024
  7. 0001642896-22-000025
    Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2022
  8. 0001628280-26-018167
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Peers Samsara discloses

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

Atlassian CorporationCloudflare, Inc.Confluent, Inc.CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.Datadog, Inc.Docusign, Inc.Dynatrace, Inc.Elastic N.V.GitLab Inc.HubSpot, Inc.MongoDB, Inc.Okta, Inc.Palantir Technologies Inc.Procore Technologies, Inc.Snowflake Inc.Toast, Inc.UiPath, Inc.Unity Software Inc.Veeva Systems Inc.Zscaler, Inc.Klaviyo, Inc.ServiceTitan, Inc.

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Say-on-Pay VoteCEO Pay RatioMedian Employee CompensationAll companies
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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