> It is common practice for tech companies to offer escalating compensation awards to their executives. We are instead directing that equity to the public benefit.
Dario Amodei's 2025 total comp is reported to have been $18m.
His sister, Daniela Amodei's was $16.4m.
For reference, Sundar Pichai's reported comp in 2025 was $10.5m.
What's your source?
Sundar Pichai was given a $692M pay package this year (incentive-linked over three years)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/07/google-just-gave-sundar-pi...
This article:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/alphabet-google-c...
It shows his comp over a number of years, including these enormous 3 year packages that are a ceiling, not a guarantee.
Picked 2025 specifically instead of the 2022 three year package or the 2026 three year package, to make it more comparable to what you might expect from a pre-IPO company like Anthropic; otherwise it would be too much apples and oranges.
> Sundar Pichai has an estimated net worth of at least $1.0 billion*, as of Oct. 14, 2026. They own 2.2 million shares of GOOGL stock. They have sold 1.4 million shares of GOOGL stock since 2021, for an estimated $231.4 million.
Anthropic is pre IPO, so this is comparing apples to oranges.
Is the $18m comp package based on secondary market valuations for stock or what? Seems like you'd want to be at least a little careful comparing public stock comp to private.
According to the company's confidential IPO S-1 prospectus filing revealed in October 2026 that Reuters reported on. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/anthropics-ipo-pros...
I haven't seen the confidential prospectus and haven't read reports on whether it is based on secondary market value, but it is mostly stock. His base salary was only $1.4m in 2025, but doubled in 2026.
In 2022, Sundar Pichai’s reported total compensation was about $226 million.
I'm not sure why you left that out?
And his potential pay for the next 3 years is in that range as well. Was 2025 specifically a cherry-picked off year for him? Or is the $10.5m simply false?
> Was 2025 specifically a cherry-picked off year for him? Or is the $10.5m simply false?
Yes, to make it more comparable to what you might expect from a pre-IPO company like Anthropic; otherwise it would be apples and oranges.
Read https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/alphabet-google-c... which gives you a sense of how and why it varies. Know also that the $692m number is a ceiling, not a guarantee.
Is this not a bit low for a company with a $1.5T-$2T market cap and the levels of revenue that Anthropic has? I mean compared to market cap / revenue peers, not compared to employees or in absolute terms.