Palantir Technologies (PLTR) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Alexander Karp, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $8.6M in fiscal 2025, up 98% from $4.4M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 37:1, on median employee pay of $235,115.

Filed
April 24, 2026
Annual meeting
June 3, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$8.6M+98% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
37:1median $235,115
CEO Total Compensation
$8,623,000Fiscal 2025 total pay
CEO Base Salary
$1,101,637Unchanged base salary
CEO Security Costs
$2,506,484Personal security services
CEO Aircraft Costs
$1,998,476Chartered and personal aircraft
Pay Ratio
37:1CEO to median employee
Median Employee Pay
$235,115Annual total compensation

How Karp was paid

$8.6M 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.

Salary13%All other compensation87%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Alexander KarpChief Executive Officer$8,623,000
Stephen CohenPresident & Secretary$1,003,995
Shyam SankarChief Technology Officer & Executive Vice President$1,209,250
David GlazerChief Financial Officer & Treasurer$27,971,876
Ryan TaylorChief Revenue Officer and Chief Legal Officer$27,964,601

What changed and why

  • $8.6MCEO Alexander Karp received total compensation of $8,623,000 in fiscal 2025, an increase from $4,360,170 in 2024.
  • $2.5MAll Other Compensation for Mr. Karp included $2,506,484 in personal security costs and $1,998,476 in chartered aircraft costs.
  • $2.4MPalantir paid an HSR Act filing fee of $2,390,000 on behalf of Mr. Karp during fiscal 2025.
  • $21.2MDavid Glazer and Ryan Taylor each received stock awards valued at $21,170,428 and option awards valued at $6,314,713.
  • The ratio of CEO total annual compensation to median employee total annual compensation was approximately 37 to 1.

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.