ServiceNow (NOW) CEO pay: -$83.3M in FY2025 after Item 402(v) adjustments
$NOW · ServiceNow, Inc.Data through FY2025 — latest proxy filed 2026-04-06, checked for new filings 2026-08-21. 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 FY2020 | Same, peer group since FY2020 | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $51.6M | -$83.3M | -$6.4M | $139.00 | $227.00 | $1.75B |
| 2024 | $37.6M | $202.0M | $20.1M | $376.00 | $288.00 | $1.43B |
| 2023 | $37.6M | $184.8M | $45.3M | $250.00 | $245.00 | $1.73B |
| 2022 | $38.5M | -$76.3M | -$6.5M | $138.00 | $156.00 | $325.0M |
| 2021 | $165.8M | $136.2M | $30.0M | $230.00 | $215.00 | $230.0M |
| 2020 | $25.1M | $91.5M | $30.1M | $195.00 | $143.00 | $119.0M |
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 NOW CEO make in 2025?
-$83,286,935 in Compensation Actually Paid (CAP) as ServiceNow, Inc.'s CEO (the filing reports this year's PEO pay without tagging which named executive it belongs to), updated 2026-04-06. 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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