Here see how your favorite space stock CEO’s performance compares to others. There are multiple ways to define and measure success of a company executive. Here we use net shareholder value created and compare with executive compensation.
As disclaimer, shareholder value creation alone is not the best way to judge CEO performance. If a CEO creates billions in shareholder value but simultaneously dramatically increase LEO debris, few would judge that as success. Likewise if a CEO sacrifices some profits to invest in sustainable practices and improve employee well-being, most view this favorably. CEOs apparently agree that dealing ethically and supporting communities should be part of CEO success measurement. No disagreement.
But no one would buy stock in a company with an ethical CEO providing negative returns to investors. That is what charities are for, not a for-profit enterprises. Thus shareholder value creation has place in the discussion of scoring CEO successfulness.
Here we compare CEO pay with shareholder value created. So far there generally appears to be an inverse relationship between pay and stock performance. Let’s see if that holds are more CEOs are added.
Space Stock CEOs ranked by net shareholder value created
| Rank | CEO | Company | Net shareholder value created/destroyed | CEO total pay |
| 1 | Motoyuki Arai | Synspective | $453.9 million | $20k (est) |
| 2 | Shunsuke Onishi | iQPS | $228.7 million | $346k (est) |
| 3 | Ee-Eul Kim | Satrec | $209.0 million | $1.5m (est) |
| 4 | Nir Barkan | SatixFy | $137.1 million | $2.1m |
| 5 | Carsten Drachmann | GOMspace | $100.2 million | $812k (est) |
| 6 | Luis Gomes | AAC Clyde Space | -$19.25 million | $853k |
| 7 | Andreas Reif | Mynaric | -$21.9 million | unknown |
| 8 | Paul Warley | Ascent Solar | -$29.9 million | $981.6k |
| 9 | Stephen Altemus | Intuitive Machines | -$138.6 million | $5.7m |
| 10 | Carol Craig | Sidus Space | -$142.8 million | $932.9k |
| 11 | Noam Segal | Imagesat | -$148.4 million | $2.0m (est) |
| 12 | Emiliano Kargieman | Satellogic | -$462.0 million | $1.9m |
| 13 | Brian E. O’Toole | Blacksky | -$933.5 million | $27.2m |
| 14 | Will Marshall | Planet Labs | -$1.7 billion | $18.9m |
As more companies get added, this list will update. How will your favorite CEO (or boss) compare with their peers?