Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Ravi Kumar, CEO, was paid $21.5M in fiscal 2025, up 28% from $16.8M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 477:1, on median employee pay of $45,138.

Filed
April 17, 2026
Annual meeting
June 2, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$21.5M+28% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
477:1median $45,138
CEO pay in equity
73%$15.8M in awards
CEO Stock Awards
$15,824,498Grant date fair value
CEO Non-Equity Incentive
$4,394,000Annual cash incentive paid
CEO Stock Ownership Multiple
6xAnnual base salary
CFO Total Compensation
$7,081,282For fiscal 2025
Worldwide Median Employee Pay
$45,138SEC-required pay ratio basis

How Kumar was paid

$21.5M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary6%Stock awards73%Non-equity incentive20%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Ravi KumarCEO$21,532,448
Jatin DalalCFO$7,081,282
Surya GummadiPresident – Americas$5,632,649
John KimChief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary$5,597,335
Balu Ganesh AyyarPresident – Asia Pacific & Japan and Industry Solutions Group$3,865,878

What changed and why

  • $21.5MCEO total compensation increased to $21,532,448 in fiscal 2025 compared to $16,801,707 in fiscal 2024.
  • 169%Annual cash incentives for corporate leaders were paid at 169 percent of target based on performance.
  • 57%The 2023 through 2025 performance stock units paid out at 57 percent of target.
  • Executive stock ownership guidelines require the CEO to hold six times annual base salary.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.