Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, earned $18 million in 2025, according to the company's IPO prospectus. Most of his compensation came from stock and options rather than salary.
His sister, Daniela Amodei, president of Anthropic, received $16.4 million for the same year, also primarily in equity. Both saw their annual salaries double to $1.4 million in July, and the company's board has committed to granting them additional restricted stock units this year, with some tied to continued employment and others conditional on the IPO.
Krishna Rao, who joined Anthropic in 2024, will receive a 2025 salary of $720,250. Rao was granted options for 1.4 million shares and exercised options valued at $385,285 in 2024.
Amodei's $18 million positions him below peers at larger-cap tech companies but with a critical difference in composition. Oracle co-CEO Clayton Magouyrk earned $627.5 million in 2025. At Alphabet, Sundar Pichai made $10.9 million and Andy Jassy received $2.1 million at Amazon in their reported annual figures. But when measured by the SEC's compensation method—which includes changes in unvested stock value—Pichai's package reached $213.9 million and Jassy's was $13.2 million.
The disparity highlights how founder-led companies structure pay differently. Courtney Yu, director of research at pay data firm Equilar, noted that founders "can just live off the wealth of the equity they already own."
Anthropic submitted a confidential IPO application in June, with a public listing anticipated as early as autumn. The prospectus does not disclose the founders' ownership percentages. The filing does state that Amodei and Anthropic's other six co-founders have committed to donating 80 percent of their personal shares to charity.
