Gen Digital (GEN) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Vincent Pilette, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $22.5M in fiscal 2025, up 47% from $15.4M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 276:1, on median employee pay of $81,460.

Filed
July 28, 2025
Annual meeting
September 9, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$22.5M+47% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
276:1median $81,460
CEO pay in equity
88%$19.8M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
95%of votes cast
CEO salary
$950,000Unchanged from FY24
CEO incentive
$1,721,875FY25 annual incentive
CEO stock awards
$19,831,803Grant-date fair value
Bookings growth funding
138%Annual incentive plan

How Pilette was paid

$22.5M 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.

Salary4%Stock awards88%Non-equity incentive8%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Vincent PiletteChief Executive Officer$22,510,197
Natalie M. DerseChief Financial Officer$8,314,573
Bryan S. KoChief Legal Officer, Secretary and Head of Corporate Affairs$6,626,631
Ondrej VlcekFormer President$241,025

What changed and why

  • $22.5M$22.5M CEO total compensation in FY25, up from $15.4M in FY24.
  • $19.8M$19.8M of CEO compensation came from stock awards.
  • 138%138% funding resulted from FY25 bookings growth performance under the annual incentive plan.
  • 7%+7% responsible-business modifier increased the annual incentive payout.
  • 50%50% of FY25 performance-based restricted stock units depended on three-year relative TSR.
  • 95%95% of votes cast supported FY24 executive compensation at the 2024 annual meeting.

Other Gen Digital proxy statements

  • 2026 proxy statement

    Vincent Pilette paid $83.6M (+271% on the year), pay ratio 900:1.

    Filed Jul 28, 2026

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.