--- title: Qualcomm CEO pockets 15% pay rise as profits fall 45% description: Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon received $29.7 million in compensation for fiscal 2025, a 15% increase from the previous year, despite the company's net income... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/qualcomm-ceo-pockets-15-pay-rise-as-profits-fall-45--iwebbyrad twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Qualcomm CEO pockets 15% pay rise as profits fall 45% | daily.dev og:description: Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon received $29.7 million in compensation for fiscal 2025, a 15% increase from the previous year, despite the company's net income... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/qualcomm-ceo-pockets-15-pay-rise-as-profits-fall-45--iwebbyrad og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iWebbyrAd.png og:image:alt: Qualcomm CEO pockets 15% pay rise as profits fall 45% og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Qualcomm CEO pockets 15% pay rise as profits fall 45% **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon received $29.7 million in compensation for fiscal 2025, a 15% increase from the previous year, despite the company's net income falling 45% to $5.5 billion. The pay increase was driven primarily by stock awards and incentives, while revenue grew 14% to $44.3 billion. The profit decline resulted from a non-cash tax charge related to US tax law changes. Qualcomm showed operational strength with record automotive chip sales of $1.1 billion and announced plans to enter the datacenter market with AI inference chips, though material revenue isn't expected until 2027. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Qualcomm bets on cloudy AI. 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