Intel (INTC) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Lip-Bu Tan, CEO, was paid $93M in 2025. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 812:1, on median employee pay of $114,900.

Filed
March 23, 2026
Annual meeting
May 13, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$93M2025
CEO to median employee
812:1median $114,900
CEO pay in equity
96%$89.2M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
72%of votes cast
CEO Total Compensation
$92.99MIncludes new hire and annual equity
Interim Co-CEO Bonus
$1.5MPaid to Zinsner and Johnston Holthaus
Say-on-Pay Support
72%At the 2025 Annual Meeting

How Tan was paid

$93M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary1%Stock awards53%Option awards43%Non-equity incentive3%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Lip-Bu TanCEO$92,990,900
David A. ZinsnerEVP and CFO, and Former Interim Co-CEO$18,174,100
Naga ChandrasekaranEVP, CTOO, and GM, Intel Foundry$13,716,800
April Miller BoiseEVP and CLO$10,192,700
Michelle Johnston HolthausFormer CEO Intel Products, Former Interim Co-CEO$33,073,500
Christoph SchellFormer EVP and CCO, and GM, SMG$14,757,100

What changed and why

  • Lip-Bu Tan was appointed as Chief Executive Officer during the leadership transition early in 2025.
  • $93MLip-Bu Tan received total compensation of $92,990,900 for 2025 including initial new hire and annual equity awards.
  • $1.5MDavid A. Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus each received a one-time cash payment of $1,500,000 for interim Co-CEO service.
  • 72%The advisory say-on-pay vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting received 72% support from stockholders.

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.