Communications & Telecom

COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. CEO pay

Dave Schaeffer, Principal Executive Officer. Fiscal year 2025, as reported to the SEC.

Total compensation

$25.4M

$25,372,519 for fiscal 2025: the Summary Compensation Table total, with stock and option awards at their grant-date value.

Definitive proxy statement, filed 2026-03-20SEC accession number 0001104659-26-032744

In context

The median chief executive among 6 Communications & Telecom companies with $500M – $1B in revenue was paid $6.8M. The middle half ranged from $3.4M to $9M.

Dave Schaeffer's total is above that median.

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Source: COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.'s definitive proxy statement (SEC Form DEF 14A), Summary Compensation Table, fiscal year 2025. Figures are as reported by the company and are not adjusted or estimated. Context figures are from CEOSalary's snapshot of SEC filings as of 2026-11-01. Not financial, legal or compensation-consulting advice.