Adobe (ADBE) CEO pay: -$17.4M in FY2025 after Item 402(v) adjustments
$ADBE · ADOBE INC.Data through FY2025 — latest proxy filed 2026-02-27, checked for new filings 2026-08-22. Every number links to its source.
Pay vs. Performance (Compensation Actually Paid)
What the CEO was actually paid, by fiscal year
A negative figure is not pay returned. Compensation Actually Paid re-values unvested equity every year, so when a stock falls, the write-down on awards granted earlier can exceed everything granted that year. How CAP is calculated
What $100 invested was worth, company vs peer group
Pay-vs-Performance table
| FY | CEO pay on paper | CEO pay actually earned | Other top execs (avg) | Value of $100 invested since FY2021 | Same, peer group since FY2021 | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $51.2M | -$17.4M | -$245,230 | $67.11 | $187.96 | $7.13B |
| 2024 | $52.4M | $10.1M | $3.6M | $108.15 | $173.44 | $5.56B |
| 2023 | $44.9M | $127.7M | $36.6M | $128.39 | $145.87 | $5.43B |
| 2022 | $31.6M | -$95.3M | -$8.5M | $71.60 | $103.55 | $4.76B |
| 2021 | $36.1M | $104.7M | $14.6M | $129.24 | $126.30 | $4.82B |
A negative figure is not pay returned. Compensation Actually Paid re-values unvested equity every year, so when a stock falls, the write-down on awards granted earlier can exceed everything granted that year. How CAP is calculated
Frequently asked
How much did the ADBE CEO make in 2025?
-$17,392,652 in Compensation Actually Paid (CAP) as ADOBE INC.'s CEO (the filing reports this year's PEO pay without tagging which named executive it belongs to), updated 2026-02-27. CAP is negative here: Item 402(v) adjustments to prior-year equity and pension values exceeded the year's reported total. It is an SEC-defined fair-value measure, not an amount repaid.
What is pay vs. performance (PvP)?
An SEC disclosure (Item 402(v), required since FY2022) linking named-executive pay to company total shareholder return (TSR) over up to 5 years.
What is Compensation Actually Paid (CAP)?
CAP starts from the Summary Compensation Table total and adjusts equity awards to fair value as of each year-end/vesting date, rather than grant-date value — see the glossary entry for the full walk-through.
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