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How Senior Leaders Negotiate Off-Equity Compensation
Episode 101 of Executive Careers with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna tackle a sensitive but critical topic for senior leaders: negotiating off-equity compensation. Most VP and C-suite packages are heavy on equity, but what if you want more cash, a signing bonus, or a guaranteed deferred payout instead of restricted stock? Lucas walks through a real 2025 case where a sitting CFO negotiated a $500,000 cash signing bonus by framing it as a 'risk premium' for leaving unvested equity at his prior firm. They break down the three most common off-equity levers — cash sign-on, deferred cash…
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