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Nektar Therapeutics Executive Compensation

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Nektar Therapeutics is a publicly traded company in the Healthcare sector.

Total Exec Pay FY2025
$11.2M
Highest Paid Executive
$6.3M
Executives Tracked
5
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Data available:FY2025FY2024FY2023

Named Executive Officers — FY2025

ExecutiveYearBaseStockTotal Pay
Howard W. Robin
President and Chief Executive Officer
FY2025$1.1M$3.9M$6.3M
Jonathan Zalevsky Ph.D.
Chief Research and Development Officer
FY2025$717,560$1.1M$2.3M
Sandra Gardiner
Chief Financial Officer
FY2025$686,400
Mark A. Wilson
Chief Legal Officer
FY2025$6.5M$667,901
Jillian B. Thomsen
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
FY2023$355,760$1.2M

Compensation Analysis

Computed directly from SEC-sourced figures tracked on this page — not a general description.

Nektar Therapeutics discloses FY2025 compensation for 5 named executive officers, totaling $11.2M. Howard W. Robin, the President and Chief Executive Officer, accounts for 56% of that combined total.

Howard W. Robin's total compensation rose 66% year-over-year, from $3.8M in FY2024 to $6.3M in FY2025.

Cash compensation (salary plus bonus) made up 77% of Nektar Therapeutics's FY2025 tracked executive pay, with stock awards accounting for 45%. That's notably more stock-weighted than the typical Healthcare company in this dataset, where stock awards average 0% of tracked pay.

Among 78 other Healthcare companies in this dataset, Nektar Therapeutics's combined tracked executive pay of $11.2M ranks in the 47th percentile (industry median: $13.6M). Its highest-paid executive, Howard W. Robin, ranks in the 50th percentile for top-executive pay in the sector (industry median: $6.1M).

Historical Compensation Data

ExecutiveYearBaseStockTotal
FY2025$1.1M$3.9M$6.3M
FY2025$717,560$1.1M$2.3M
FY2025$686,400
FY2025$6.5M$667,901
FY2024$1.1M$1.6M$3.8M
FY2024$703,490$460,420$1.6M
FY2024$540,000$399,030$1.3M
FY2024$460,850
FY2023$1.1M$927,160$3.1M
FY2023$703,490$178,300$1.8M
FY2023$355,760$1.2M
FY2023$540,000$231,790$1.1M
FY2023$376,300
Data Source: Compensation figures are sourced from Nektar Therapeutics's DEF 14A proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) via EDGAR. Figures reflect the most recently available fiscal year per executive. See something wrong? Report it.
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