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Crypto Briefing reports that Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei received about $18 million in total compensation for 2025, most of it in stock and options. The figure comes from the company’s confidential IPO prospectus, according to the outlet.
Why it mattersThe article says Amodei’s base salary rose from roughly $655,000 to $1.4 million in July 2026. It also puts his sister and fellow co-founder Daniela Amodei’s 2025 compensation at $16.4 million, and says additional restricted stock units issued in 2026 depend on the executives staying with Anthropic or the IPO happening. That is a useful glimpse of how the company is rewarding its leaders as it prepares for a possible listing. The figures are Crypto Briefing’s account of the prospectus, not a public-company pay filing with all the footnotes laid out for us.
Discuss: Should executive compensation disclosed in an IPO prospectus be judged mainly by its cash value, or by the shares and conditions attached to it?
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