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Luca Maestri officially succeeds Peter Oppenheimer as Apple’s CFO and Senior VP

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In an SEC filing today, Apple announced that Luca Maestri has officially transitioned into the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President role. His first official day on the job was yesterday, May 29th. Maestri is not yet on Apple’s executive biographies page, but an official profile will likely go live in the coming days. Apple says that Maestri’s previous job as Principle Accounting Officer will be folded into his CFO role.

Maestri, previously Corporate Controller and a Vice President at Apple, replaces long-time CFO Peter Oppenehimer. The transition was announced by Apple earlier this year. Oppenheimer will shift his remaining responsibilities to Maestri over the course of the next few months and completely retire from Apple at the end of September of this year. As part of his promotion, Maestri will now receive an annual salary of $1 million and new stock-based payment packages:

In connection with Mr. Maestri’s appointment as CFO, he will receive an annual salary of $1 million and will be eligible to participate in Apple’s performance-based cash bonus program for executive officers on a pro rata basis for fiscal 2014. Also in connection with his appointment, the Compensation Committee of Apple’s Board of Directors awarded Mr. Maestri 6,337 restricted stock units under Apple’s 2014 Employee Stock Plan. 1,137 restricted stock units are scheduled to vest on October 1, 2015 and 1,107 restricted stock units are scheduled to vest on October 1, 2016. In each case, between 0% and 200% of the scheduled number of units may vest, with the percentage determined based on Apple’s relative total shareholder return from May 29, 2014 through September 26, 2015 and from May 29, 2014 through September 24, 2016, respectively. The award also includes 4,093 restricted stock units scheduled to vest in equal installments on each of May 29, 2016, May 29, 2017, and May 29, 2018, subject to continued employment through the applicable vesting dates.

Before joining Apple, Maestri was CFO of Xerox. Maestri has joined Apple CEO Tim Cook on the past two Apple quarterly earnings conference calls, and Apple investors have shown a liking to the new CFO.

“Luca has over 25 years of global experience in senior financial management, including roles as a public company CFO, and I am confident he will be a great CFO at Apple,” Cook stated for the initial announcement. “When we were recruiting for a corporate controller, we met Luca and knew he would become Peter’s successor. His contributions to Apple have already been significant in his time with us and he has quickly gained respect from his colleagues throughout the company,” he added.

Cook has praised Maestri’s work as well as his international experience. As Apple moves to continue to grow in international markets, Maestri’s vast experience will be critical. Oppenheimer leaves behind a large cash balance which Maestri will handle, and the new CFO has already taken part in the creation of Apple’s latest cash return program for stock holders.

A separate filing today with the SEC indicates that Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering Dan Riccio has sold 613 of his Apple shares. Earlier today, Apple VP of Corporate Communications Katie Cotton finished up her long tenure at Apple and will retire.

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Comments

  1. togetherinparis - 10 years ago

    A million dollar salary? No wonder Apple needs to rob people of their intellectual property. Apple must be a criminal conspiracy to loot the company. A company being looted by interlocking executives must hoard all its cash for ever higher salaries.

    • Don’t look now but your poverty mentality is showing.

      $1,000,000 a year is a lot? Yes, to people that set their aspirations low.

      I was actually wondering why his salary is so LOW. My own salary is soon to surpass his.

      Complaining about what someone else has achieved in life is a cancer called bitterness and entitlement.

      Anyone can rise above their circumstances and go wherever they choose to in life. Including you.

      You can have anything you want in life, if you’ll just help enough other people get what they want in life. -Zig Ziglar

      • iPadCary - 10 years ago

        Yeah, I was kinda taken aback by the low salary myself.
        Hopefully, for him & his family, that number will be quickly upped.

      • Chris Conway - 10 years ago

        Bravo, love it.

      • André Hedegaard Petersen - 10 years ago

        Thats nice for you that your salary will be higher than his. If you work hard and sometimes get some lucky breaks then wealth can be accumulated.
        I have the best wife in the world and my “salary” for that, cannot be counted.

        However, when people earn 1 million a year, you sometimes wonder, what can that money really buy? A better car? sure. A bigger house? sure. But a big empty house is worse than a smaller house with family. (Just an example)
        I guess when people die on the streets every day from starvation, that kind of salary probably has a bitter-sweet taste. Its not like you can take the money to the grave with you.

        Anyway, I don’t care what Luca’s salary is, I care that he works well for Apple and is prosperous, so the rest of us consumers can benefit.

      • togetherinparis - 9 years ago

        ZZ: I’ve worked on 13 best picture oscars, and most of the biggest ticket sale flicker shows (non-Potter). I have even been able to cure a number of Hollywood’s stars and starlets having difficulty bonding in life. (Desperate people try anything.) Charlie Sheen, though, seems to have intensionally torpedoed his recovery, however.

    • Tallest Skil - 10 years ago

      Please shut up and go away.

      • togetherinparis - 9 years ago

        Have a nice lunch.

      • André Hedegaard - 9 years ago

        @togetherinparis, I think you’re a little late to this conversation, by more than 6 months!

  2. DrewAPicture - 10 years ago

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  3. Jake Goldman - 10 years ago

    Reblogged this on Jake.