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Pure Storage Executive Compensation (FY26)
P · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2026 only
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 12, 2026
228 figures on this page: 218 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Charles Giancarlo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received $18,434,966 in total compensation for fiscal 2026, and the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 90:1 for fiscal 2026, against median employee compensation of $204,326. Meanwhile, shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 90.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 10, 2026 for fiscal 2026. Separately, the disclosed peer group includes Akamai, Arista Networks, Box, Datadog and Dropbox, among others. The fiscal 2026 disclosure covers 6 named executive officers.
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Pure Storage's chief executive and what were they paid?
Charles Giancarlo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received $18,434,966 in total compensation for fiscal 2026.
What was Pure Storage's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 90.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 10, 2026 for fiscal 2026.
Which companies are in Pure Storage's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Akamai, Arista Networks, Box, Datadog and Dropbox, among others.
What is Pure Storage's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 90:1 for fiscal 2026, against median employee compensation of $204,326.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2026
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tarek Robbiati Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Charles Giancarlo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Patrick Finn Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kevan Krysler Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
John Colgrove Chief Visionary Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ajay Singh Chief Product 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 2026
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay Singh | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Ajay Singh | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Charles Giancarlo | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Charles Giancarlo | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| John Colgrove | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| John Colgrove | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Kevan Krysler | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Kevan Krysler | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Kevan Krysler | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Kevan Krysler | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Patrick Finn | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Patrick Finn | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Patrick Finn | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Tarek Robbiati | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Tarek Robbiati | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Tarek Robbiati | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Tarek Robbiati | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
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
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Giancarlo | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| Tarek Robbiati | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| Kevan Krysler | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| John Colgrove | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| Ajay Singh | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| Patrick Finn | 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.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Ajay Singh
Chief Product Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
John Colgrove
Chief Visionary Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Brown | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
John Murphy | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Roxanne Taylor | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Susan Taylor | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Scott Dietzen | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Greg Tomb | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jeff Rothschild | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Mallun Yen | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Charles Giancarlo and John Colgrove 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 cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| 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.
Stock ownership guideline: We have meaningful stock ownership guidelines.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
- Akamai AKAM
- Arista Networks ANET
- Box BOX
- Datadog DDOG
- Dropbox DBX
- Elastic ESTC
- Fortinet FTNT
- Guidewire GWRE
- Juniper Networks JNPR
- Logitech LOGI
- NetApp NTAP
- Nutanix NTNX
- Palo Alto Networks PANW
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | June 10, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2025 | June 11, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 12, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 14, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | June 15, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | June 15, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | June 25, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | June 20, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | June 21, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | June 20, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Pure Storage disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Pure Storage 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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228 figures on this page: 218 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
218 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001474432-26-000066
- 0001474432-26-000041Director Compensation · FISCAL 2026 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE · Grants of Plan–Based Awards Table in Fiscal · OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2026 · and 2 more sections
- 0001474432-25-000022
- 0001628280-24-028299
- 0001628280-23-022812
- 0001628280-22-017364
- 0001628280-21-012463
- 0001628280-20-010021
- 0001628280-19-008236
- 0001628280-18-008236
- 0001193125-17-211892Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-25-021843Compensation Discussion and Analysis
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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}
}