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Palantir Technologies Executive Compensation (FY25)
PLTR · Aventura, FL · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025 ◇ Alexander Karp | Latest say-on-pay support = June 3, 2026 | Chief executive pay ratio ◇ To the median employee |
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Data as of October 17, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 9, 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 — Alexander Karp: $4,630,170 → $8,623,000 (86.2% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 20:1 → 37:1 (85.0% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Palantir Technologies' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Alexander Karp, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, came to $8,623,000 in fiscal 2025. Karp's total moved 86.2% higher from the $4,630,170 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Palantir Technologies' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 84.4% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 3, 2026.
Which companies are in Palantir Technologies' peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Autodesk, Inc., Cloudflare, Inc., CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc., Datadog, Inc. and DocuSign, Inc., among others.
What is Palantir Technologies' chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 37:1, against median employee compensation of $235,115.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Karp Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Shyam Sankar Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Stephen Cohen Co-Founder, President, Secretary, and Director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
David Glazer Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ryan Taylor Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Legal Officer | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Taylor Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Legal Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Alexander Karp Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Shyam Sankar Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
David Glazer Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Stephen Cohen Co-Founder, President, Secretary, and Director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Glazer Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ryan Taylor Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Legal Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Alexander Karp Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Shyam Sankar Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Stephen Cohen Co-Founder, President, Secretary, and Director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Glazer Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ryan Taylor Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Legal Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Alexander Karp Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Shyam Sankar Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Stephen Cohen Co-Founder, President, Secretary, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Glazer | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| David Glazer | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Ryan Taylor | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Ryan Taylor | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Cohen | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 08/20/2032 | |
| David Glazer | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 12/20/2033 | |
| Ryan Taylor | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 12/20/2033 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Alexander Karp | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 08/20/2032 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Shyam Sankar | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 08/20/2032 |
| 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.
David Glazer
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
Shyam Sankar
Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
Stephen Cohen
Co-Founder, President, Secretary, and Director · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Moore | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Eric Woersching | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Lauren Friedman Stat | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Alexandra Schiff | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Stephen Cohen, Alexander Karp and Peter Thiel 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 | ◇ |
| 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
- Autodesk, Inc. ADSK
- Cloudflare, Inc. NET
- CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD
- Datadog, Inc. DDOG
- DocuSign, Inc. DOCU
- Fortinet, Inc. FTNT
- HubSpot, Inc. HUBS
- MongoDB, Inc. MDB
- Okta, Inc. OKTA
- Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW
- Paycom Software Inc. PAYC
- Snowflake Inc. SNOW
- The Trade Desk, Inc. TTD
- Twilio Inc. TWLO
- UiPath Inc. PATH
- Unity Software Inc. U
- Workday, Inc. WDAY
- Zscaler, Inc. ZS
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 3, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | June 6, 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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137 figures on this page: 135 cited to the filing that reported them, 2 calculated from figures it prints.
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2 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001321655-26-000033Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001321655-26-000019CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION · Fiscal 2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
- 0001321655-25-000057Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Fiscal 2024 Summary Compensation Table
- 0001321655-24-000059Fiscal 2023 Summary Compensation Table
- 0001321655-23-000061Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001321655-23-000033Fiscal 2022 Summary Compensation Table
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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}
}