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ServiceNow Executive Compensation (FY25)

NOW · Santa Clara, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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William McDermott
Median of the other named officers
$18,472,713
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 21, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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Chief executive total compensation — William McDermott: $37,558,118 → $51,550,957 (37.3% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 88.8% → 85.5% (3.3 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 188:1 → 251:1 (33.5% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is ServiceNow's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for William McDermott, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, came to $51,550,957 in fiscal 2025. McDermott's total moved 37.3% higher from the $37,558,118 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was ServiceNow's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 85.5% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in ServiceNow's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Adobe Inc., Airbnb, Inc., Atlassian Corporation, Autodesk, Inc. and Block, Inc., among others.
What is ServiceNow's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 251:1, against median employee compensation of $205,259.

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
William McDermott
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chirantan Desai
Former President and Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Lara Caimi
Chief Customer Officer and GM, Impact and Services
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Paul Smith
President of Global Customer and Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gina Mastantuono
President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
William McDermott
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chirantan Desai
Former President and Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Paul Smith
President of Global Customer and Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gina Mastantuono
President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jacqueline Canney
C. Canney, Chief People and AI Enablement Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
William McDermott
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Amit Zavery
President, Chief Product Officer, and Chief Operating Officer
◇◇◇—◇——◇
Chirantan Desai
Former President and Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Paul Smith
President of Global Customer and Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gina Mastantuono
President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jacqueline Canney
Chief People and AI Enablement Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
William McDermott
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Amit Zavery
President, Chief Product Officer, and Chief Operating Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Paul Smith
Former President of Global Customer and Field Operations
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Gina Mastantuono
President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Paul Fipps
President, Global Customer Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jacqueline Canney
Chief People and AI Enablement Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
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
Amit ZaveryRSU◇——◇——◇
Amit ZaveryPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Gina MastantuonoPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Gina MastantuonoRSU◇——◇——◇
Jacqueline CanneyRSU◇——◇——◇
Jacqueline CanneyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Paul FippsRSU◇——◇——◇
Paul FippsPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Paul FippsPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Paul FippsRSU◇——◇——◇
Paul SmithPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Paul SmithRSU◇——◇——◇
William McDermottPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
William McDermottRSU◇——◇——◇
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
Amit ZaveryRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Jacqueline CanneyRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Paul FippsRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Gina MastantuonoOption◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
William McDermottRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
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.
Amit Zavery
President, Chief Product Officer, and Chief Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Gina Mastantuono
President and Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2019 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Paul Smith
Former President of Global Customer and Field Operations · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Susan L. Bostrom
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Teresa Briggs
◇◇————◇
Paul E. Chamberlain
◇◇————◇
Anita M. Sands
◇◇————◇
Joseph Larry Quinlan
◇◇————◇
Jonathan C. Chadwick
◇◇————◇
Lawrence J. Jackson Jr
◇◇————◇
Frederic B. Luddy
◇◇————◇
Jeffrey A. Miller
◇—————◇
Deborah Black
◇—————◇
William R. McDermott 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◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as restricted 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
  • Adobe Inc. ADBE
  • Airbnb, Inc. ABNB
  • Atlassian Corporation TEAM
  • Autodesk, Inc. ADSK
  • Block, Inc. XYZ
  • CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD
  • Datadog, Inc. DDOG
  • DocuSign, Inc. DOCU
  • eBay Inc. EBAY
  • Electronic Arts Inc. EA
  • HubSpot, Inc. HUBS
  • Intuit Inc. INTU
  • MongoDB, Inc. MDB
  • Netflix, Inc. NFLX
  • Okta, Inc. OKTA
  • Oracle Corporation ORCL
  • Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR
  • Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. PYPL
  • salesforce.com, inc. CRM
  • Snowflake Inc. SNOW
  • Splunk Inc. SPLK
  • Synopsys, Inc. SNPS
  • The Trade Desk, Inc. TTD
  • Uber Technologies, Inc. UBER
  • Veeva Systems Inc. VEEV
  • Visa Inc. V
  • Workday, Inc. WDAY
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ZM
  • Zscaler, Inc. ZS

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 21, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 27, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 23, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 1, 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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316 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001373715-26-000065
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001373715-26-000039
    Chief Executive Officer Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal · Summary Compensation Table
  3. 0001373715-25-000110
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Executive Compensation Tables
  4. 0001373715-24-000232
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001373715-24-000148
    2023 Summary Compensation Table
  6. 0001373715-23-000282
  7. 0001373715-23-000145
    Summary Compensation Table
  8. 0001373715-19-000297
    EX-10.14
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The companies named in NOW's own disclosed peer group.

Adobe Inc.Airbnb, Inc.Atlassian CorporationAutodesk, Inc.Block, Inc.CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.Datadog, Inc.DocuSign, Inc.eBay Inc.Electronic Arts Inc.HubSpot, Inc.Intuit Inc.MongoDB, Inc.Netflix, Inc.Okta, Inc.Oracle CorporationPalantir Technologies Inc.Palo Alto Networks, Inc.PayPal Holdings, Inc.salesforce.com, inc.Snowflake Inc.Splunk Inc.Synopsys, Inc.The Trade Desk, 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}
}
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