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Updated · Bloomberg · May 12Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s Fiscal 2026 Pay Falls 27% to $36.3 Million on Lower Stock Awards
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- $36.3 million was Huang’s total compensation for fiscal 2026, down from $49.9 million a year earlier, according to a Tuesday regulatory filing.
- $24.8 million in equity awards — the largest part of his pay package — drove the decline after falling 36% from $38.8 million in fiscal 2025.
- The filing ties the lower package primarily to reduced stock-award value rather than a broader change in compensation structure.
Why did the CEO's reported pay fall 27% while his actual take-home pay soared to a staggering $162 million? Nvidia now pays engineers in AI credits. Is this the future of tech compensation or a high-stakes gamble on productivity? With record profits, is Nvidia's pivot to 'agentic AI' a move to secure its dominance or a sign of rising competition?