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Rackspace Technology Executive Compensation (FY25)
RXT · San Antonio, TX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 18, 2026
183 figures on this page: 177 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Gajen Kandiah, Chief Executive Officer and Director, received $11,595,450 in total compensation for fiscal 2025, and the disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 154:1. Shareholders recorded 98.5% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held June 18, 2026 for fiscal 2025. The disclosed peer group names Akamai Technologies, Inc., Conduent Incorporated, CSG Systems International, Inc., EPAM Systems, Inc. and GoDaddy Inc., among others. The company reported 4 named executive officers for fiscal 2025.
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 of record: Amar Maletira → Gajen Kandiah
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Rackspace Technology's chief executive and what were they paid?
Gajen Kandiah, Chief Executive Officer and Director, received $11,595,450 in total compensation for fiscal 2025.
What was Rackspace Technology's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders recorded 98.5% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held June 18, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Rackspace Technology's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Akamai Technologies, Inc., Conduent Incorporated, CSG Systems International, Inc., EPAM Systems, Inc. and GoDaddy Inc., among others.
What is Rackspace Technology's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 154:1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amar Maletira Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kevin Jones Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Dharmendra Sinha Executive Vice President and President, Public Cloud Business Unit | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Subroto Mukerji Former Executive Vice President, President of Americas Region Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Srinivas Koushik Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Holly Windham Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and People Officer and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇† |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amar Maletira Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Brian Lillie Executive Vice President and President, Private Cloud Business Unit | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Dharmendra Sinha Executive Vice President and President, Public Cloud Business Unit | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Srinivas Koushik Executive Vice President and President, Technology, Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amar Maletira Former Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Marino Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Dharmendra Sinha Executive Vice President and President, Public Cloud Business Unit | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Brian Lillie Former Executive Vice President and President, Private Cloud Departed during or after this year | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Srinivas Koushik Executive Vice President and President, Technology, Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Naushaza Molu Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gajen Kandiah Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Amar Maletira Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Dharmendra Sinha Executive Vice President and President, Public Cloud Business Unit | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Marino Executive Vice President and Chief Financial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Lillie | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Brian Lillie | PSU | ◇ | — withheld | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Srini Koushik | PSU | ◇ | — withheld | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Srini Koushik | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2022, 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 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gajen Kandiah | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Gross | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Mitchell Garber | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Anthony Scott | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jeffrey Benjamin Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Susan Arthur | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Anthony Roberts | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Shashank Samant | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Betsy Atkins | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Amar Maletira, Weston, Gajen Kandiah, Mahidhar, Aaron Sobel and David Sambur 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 | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
| 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
- Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM
- Conduent Incorporated CNDT
- CSG Systems International, Inc. CSGS
- EPAM Systems, Inc. EPAM
- GoDaddy Inc. GDDY
- NetApp, Inc. NTAP
- Okta, Inc. OKTA
- PTC Inc. PTC
- Pure Storage, Inc. P
- Teradata Corporation TDC
- TTEC Holdings, Inc. TTEC
- Twilio Inc. TWLO
- Unisys Corporation UIS
- Verisign, Inc. VRSN
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 18, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 20, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 14, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | June 16, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | June 10, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | May 12, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Rackspace Technology disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Rackspace Technology 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
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183 figures on this page: 177 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
177 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001810019-26-000061Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001810019-26-000032COMPENSATION OF NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS · GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS · OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR END · SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
- 0001810019-25-000083Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001810019-25-000059COMPENSATION OF NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS · SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
- 0001810019-24-000103Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001810019-23-000096Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001810019-23-000073SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
- 0001810019-22-000099Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001810019-21-000094
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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}
}