How Beck was paid
$20.1M in total for 2024, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.
Named executive officers
| Executive | Salary | Bonus | Stock | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter BeckPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | $575,000 | $783,750 | $18,163,473 | $588,535 | $20,110,758 |
| Adam SpiceChief Financial Officer | $431,453 | $290,277 | — | $11,310 | $733,040 |
| Arjun KampaniSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | $439,381 | $203,775 | $1,191,213 | $11,310 | $1,845,679 |
| Frank KleinChief Operations Officer | $107,692 | $180,415 | $9,256,000 | $34,338 | $9,578,445 |
What changed and why
- $20.1M$20,110,758 was Peter Beck’s 2024 total compensation, compared with $962,714 in 2023.
- $18.2M$18,163,473 of Beck’s 2024 compensation comprised stock awards.
- $9.3M$9,256,000 in time-based RSUs were granted to newly hired COO Frank Klein.
- $99$99% approximately of votes supported the 2024 say-on-pay proposal.
- No material compensation-program changes were made in response to the prior say-on-pay vote.
- 280:1 was the 2024 CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio.
Other Rocket Lab proxy statements
- 2026 proxy statement
Peter Beck paid $6.8M (-66% on the year), pay ratio 88:1.
Filed Apr 06, 2026
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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.