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[Heisenberg007]

• Satya Nadella's 2023 compensation was $48,512,537 down from 2022's $54,946,310 compensation.
• Other C-suite members were hit even harder like Amy Hood and Brad Smith losing between 22-24%.
• The compensation amount for Satya Nadella is still 250-1 for the CEO-to-employee pay ratio.

Every year Microsoft is required to submit a regulatory filing that includes compensation for its CEO and other top executives. In the most recent regulatory filing for fiscal year 2023 submitted by Microsoft, we are able to see that Microsoft's C-suite has had a substantial reduction in its compensation over fiscal year 2022. This was mostly due to the company missing several of its financial targets for the year.

~12 months ago, we learned that Xbox Game Pass missed its financial growth target for the second year in a row.

https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-misses-xbox-game-pass-growth-target-for-second-year-running

We have a breakdown of the compensation numbers and what it means on a larger scale.

How much does Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella make?​

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made $48,512,537 down from $54,946,310 the prior year an astounding 250 to 1 ratio compared to the average Microsoft employee. Speaking of the average Microsoft employee, we recently reported on the new hire salary for several Microsoft positions. The other executives named in the filing document also had substantial decreases in their compensation.

• Satya Nadella FY2023 compensation - $48,512,537, FY2022 - $54,946,310, FY2021 - $49,858,280
• Amy Hood FY2023 compensation - $19,902,897, FY2022 - $26,466,141, FY2021 - $23,466,141
• Judson Althoff FY2023 compensation - $16,204,718 FY2022 - $18,848,998, FY2021 - N/A
• Bradford Smith FY2023 compensation - $18,115,690 FY2022 - $23,408,739, FY2021 - $20,455,896
• Christopher Young FY2023 compensation - $9,815,914 FY2022 - $11,270,458, FY2021 - $28,495,083

Satya Nadella lost 11.2% over last year, Amy Hood is down 24.4%, and Brad Smith 22.6% over their fiscal year 2022 compensation, and this is being caused by the company missing some of its financial goals.

Earlier, Microsoft laid off 10,000 employees.

In other news, Satya Nadella reiterated in a Business Insider interview that they'll continue doubling down on game development and publishing.

“When I think about Microsoft, I think of perhaps developer tools, proprietary software, and gaming,” the executive said. "Those are three things that we’ve done from the very beginning.”

“The way games are made, the way the games are delivered, is changing radically. Whether it’s mobile, or consoles, or PCs, or even the cloud. So, we’re looking forward to really doubling down both as a game producer and a publisher,” he said.

Source.

 

[nemiroff]

Good.

 

[BlackTron]

At least he acknowledged that MS has been doing gaming from the very beginning.

 

[Kumomeme]

uncle phil gonna be like:

 

[onQ123]

These people making more than whole companies lol

 

[balls of snow]

No love for corpo suits getting a slap down here and there. They wont even feel it.

 

[dDoc]

Did not meet targets, and still made nearly 50 mill.

Meanwhile MS has laid off 10K employees this year.

Yeah great system we humans have right here.

 

[GHG]

They are literally going to be like this:

But how Satya continues to allow himself to be sold down the river by Phil I'll never know.

 

[Ronin_7]

Microsoft targets are crazy.

People have unrealistic expectations, Microsoft doesn't have an iPhone or a ad business like Google and it's already massive so growth will be harder and harder.

 

[kanjobazooie]

Can't afford Sting now.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Don’t worry, GamePass will save them

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

what targets were missing?
i guess the next windows weekly is going to be interesting.

 

[Banjo64]

Phil getting called in to a Teams call this morning with Egg and co

 

[Cyborg]

I doubt he will care, he earned 54 mil, and now it 48. What will he do, poor guy...

 

[Heisenberg007]

These people making more than whole companies lol

250:1 (even after the decrease) is insane!

Why would a person even need that kind of money.

 

[Banjo64]

I doubt he will care, he earned 54 mil, and now it 48. What will he do, poor guy...

The fact that he will care about 6m is why he’s loaded and successful. .

 

[Heisenberg007]

Can't afford Sting now.

 

[Kikorin]

Every penny taken from them have to go in Phil's pockets, he's the great saviour of Xbox and needs to be rewarded more.

 

[L*][*N*K]

• Satya Nadella's 2023 compensation was $48,512,537 down from 2022's $54,946,310 compensation.

Yo Satya, yo mama so broke your family ate cereal with a fork to save milk.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Also, I just want to say that this news is "sad, frustrating, and potentially disrespectful."

The Microsoft we knew is dead!

 

[NikuNashi]

Does Sony publish these salary breakdowns?

 

[Zuzu]

I wonder if Phil Spencer also experienced a reduction in bonuses or whatever equivalent his salary is on

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

They're being paid the budget of mid-size AA games lol. It's just bonkers to me what compensation american CEOs (and even executives) receive at these big tech companies.

 

[StealthGoblin]

This isn't just about Microsoft, but I don't think it should be legal to layoff thousands of employees when the company still makes billions in profit and your CEO on a bad year makes $45 million.

And also... 'BradFORD' Smith? No wonder he shortens it.

 

[lh032]

David jaffe should report this instead !!!!

 

[Braag]

They will never financially recover from this.

 

[Dr.brain64]

 

[systemr123]

I feel sorry for Satya only getting 48 million dollars in compensation because of his bad job. Guy does barely have any money for food now, if any. He has to visit the food banks from now on and wear second hand clothes and worst of all, has to drive in a cheap car.

 

[BootsLoader]

Omg, lets collect and send them some money, poor people.

Also, where is Uncle Phil?

 

[CuteFaceJay]

:|

We're talking about the 1% here. so not much sympathy.

 

[Wizz-Art]

We should start a crowdfunding.

 

[Zheph]

 

[Gudji]

How will these poor people put bread in the table now.

 

[Fashionably Late]

I seriously doubt that Game Pass targets account for more than a tiny fraction of their incentive structure (Phil's is a different story of course). I work for another tech giant and we are also down, having layoffs, etc. and so MS is probably in the same boat with some decline across their whole suite of offerings.

 

[H-I-M]

What about good guy Philou ? Did he finally get fired ?

 

[dotnotbot]

Smells like more layoffs

 

[Dick Jones]

Someone tell Satya the convert gold to get ultimate Gamepass trick and also how to build up MS points everyday on Bing. The poor lad will be tightening his belt with only 48 million this year. Thoughts and Prayers. Thoughts and Prayers.

 

[Dick Jones]

Smells like more layoffs

 

[T-0800]

“The way games are made, the way the games are delivered, is changing radically.

Source.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Wow, poor Nutella, he'll have to make do with $48 million instead of $55 million, how will he survive???

 

[Skifi28]

Taking a big hit but still being able to afford a few islands of your own or maybe a small country.

 

[winjer]

Screw those executives. They are still taking several millions every year.
All the while firing thousands of people.

 

[Diddy X]

Poor guys, they dgaf probably...

 

[prinz_valium]

Those targets are unreal.

 

[Daniel_Mallorca1985]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and other executives take a big hit to compensation

Missing financial targets have led to Microsoft's C-suite's compensation decreasing year over year.

www.windowscentral.com

"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and other executives take a big hit to compensation
Missing financial targets have led to Microsoft's C-suite's compensation decreasing year over year ".

 

[I'm nobody]

Yo Satya, yo mama so broke your family ate cereal with a fork to save milk.

Not as broke as my lot we had a bowl of steam for breakfast once

 

[Kenneth Haight]

God help them. How are they going to get by

 

[SmokedMeat]

Those salaries are ridiculous.

 

[RoboFu]

Did not meet targets, and still made nearly 50 mill.

Meanwhile MS has laid off 10K employees this year.

Yeah great system we humans have right here.

What effort have you given to make millions or give millions to humanity?

Last year, Microsoft employees gave over $142 million in donations to over 19,000 organizations around the world. We funded computer science education and digital literacy programs in 58 countries reaching over 15 million youth. And we donated over $465 million in Microsoft Cloud donations to over 71,000 nonprofits.

Microsoft

www.redcross.org

 

[Badlucktroll]