Applied Digital (APLD) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Wes Cummins, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, was paid $189.2M in fiscal Year 2026, up 583% from $27.7M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 828:1.

Filed
September 25, 2026
Annual meeting
November 4, 2026
Pay year
fiscal Year 2026
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$189.2M+583% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
828:1
CEO pay in equity
98%$185.9M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
53%of votes cast
CEO stock awards
$185.9MFiscal Year 2026
CEO bonus
$1.2MFiscal Year 2026
Total NEO compensation
$47.7MAverage, excluding CEO
Adjusted EBITDA
$107.2MFiscal Year 2026

How Cummins was paid

$189.2M in total for fiscal Year 2026, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary0%Bonus1%Stock awards98%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Wes CumminsChief Executive Officer and Chairman$189,217,520
Jason ZhangPresident and Co-Founder and Former Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer$100,035,346
Saidal MohmandChief Financial Officer$40,480,906
Laura LaltrelloChief Operating Officer$2,634,211

What changed and why

  • $185.9M$185.9 million in stock awards drove Wes Cummins’ $189.2 million total compensation, versus $27.7 million in 2025.
  • $99.3M$99.3 million in stock awards drove Jason Zhang’s $100.0 million total compensation in his first disclosed year as a named executive.
  • 52.6%52.6% of votes supported say-on-pay at the 2025 annual meeting, prompting extensive stockholder engagement.
  • 25%Fiscal 2027 annual incentives shift to objective adjusted cash EBITDA goals, with individual performance modifying payouts by up to 25%.
  • CEO multi-year PSUs use ambitious stock-price hurdles and require a two-year post-vesting holding period.
  • $36B$36 billion of contracted revenue and 1.41GW of contracted capacity marked Fiscal Year 2026 business growth.

Other Applied Digital proxy statements

About this page

The figures were read out of the DEF 14A proxy statement on EDGAR by a language model and every number was then checked against the filing text; a figure that could not be found there is left out rather than shown. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the filing for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.