Stanford University president salary and executive pay
Stanford University paid its president, Jonathan D Levin, $1,564,885 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $487,899 (45.3%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. Total revenue on that return was $10,152,608,690, up 6.4% from $9,541,579,835 for the fiscal year ending August 2024. Stanford University ranks 61st of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Stanford University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 94-1156365, Redwood City, CA.
President, fiscal year ending August 2025
$1,564,885
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending August 2025
$6,311,502Robert F WallaceCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SMC
- Total revenue
- $10,152,608,690
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 1%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202621979349300242.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 130th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.02% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 24 people were paid more than $500,000, 19 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Robert F WallaceCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SMC | $6,311,502 |
| Frank HanleyCHIEF, PED CARDIOTHORACIC | $5,327,982 |
| Philip A PizzoFORMER DEAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | $4,156,115 |
| Jay KangSR. MD, SMC, THRU 12/19/2024 | $3,942,456 |
| Lloyd B MinorVP MEDICAL AFFAIRS | $3,727,284 |
Also paid on the latest return: Troy Scott Taylor (DIR. OF FOOTBALL, THRU 3/25/25), $3,588,542; Bernard Muir (ATHLETICS DIR, THRU 8/31/2025), $3,481,224; Robert C Reidy (VP LAND, BUILDINGS, REAL EST), $2,345,549; Richard P Saller (FORMER PRESIDENT), $2,040,289; Jenny Martinez (PROVOST), $1,702,520; Martin Shell (VP & CHIEF ERO, INTERIM VP DEV), $1,633,324; Jonathan D Levin (PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE), $1,564,885; Marc Tessier-Lavigne (FORMER PRESIDENT), $1,477,945; Persis Drell (FORMER PROVOST), $1,252,142; Randall Livingston (VP BUS AFF/CFO, THRU 8/31/2025), $1,173,995; Debra Zumwalt (VP GENERAL COUNSEL), $1,165,143; Jon Denney (VP DEVELOPMENT, THRU 6/6/2025), $1,115,751; Megan Pierson (VP UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS), $1,061,897; Elizabeth Zacharias (VP HUMAN RESOURCES), $1,027,460; Howard Wolf (VP ALUM AFFAIR,PRES ALUM ASSOC), $951,829; and 4 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Felix J Baker (TRUSTEE), Richard N Barton (TRUSTEE), Aneel Bhusri (TRUSTEE), Roelof F Botha (TRUSTEE, APPOINTED 12/1/2024), Amy M Brooks (TRUSTEE), Stacy Brown-Philpot (TRUSTEE, APPOINT 2/1/2025), Marisa D Brutoco (TRUSTEE), Deangela J Burns-Wallace (TRUSTEE), Michael C Camunez (TRUSTEE), James G Coulter (TRUSTEE), Roberta B Denning (TRUSTEE), Katherine B Duhamel (TRUSTEE), Jose E Feliciano (TRUSTEE), Henry A Fernandez (TRUSTEE), Angela S Filo (TRUSTEE, THROUGH 3/31/2025), Sakurako D Fisher (TRUSTEE), Marc E Jones (TRUSTEE), Sarah H Ketterer (TRUSTEE), John B Kleinheinz (TRUSTEE), Jane A Lauder (TRUSTEE, APPOINTED 2/1/2025), Marc S Lipschultz (TRUSTEE), Kenneth E Olivier (TRUSTEE, THROUGH 11/30/2024), Carrie W Penner (TRUSTEE), Nadia N Rawlinson (TRUSTEE), Peter Salovey (TRUSTEE, APPOINTED 12/1/2024), and 8 more.
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | Jonathan D Levin President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $1,564,885 | $10,152,608,690 | Filing |
| Aug 2024 | Jonathan D Levin President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE, APPT 8/1/24 | $1,076,986 | $9,541,579,835 | Filing |
| Aug 2023 | Marc Tessier-Lavigne President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE THRU 8/31/23 | $2,409,076 | $8,473,666,240 | Filing |
| Aug 2022 | Marc Tessier-Lavigne President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $1,589,538 | $9,526,036,013 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending August 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202621979349300242.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Robert F WallaceCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SMC | $5,407,651 | $903,851 | $1,201,351 | $2,325,000 | $1,881,300 | $827,800 | $76,051 | $6,311,502 |
| Frank HanleyCHIEF, PED CARDIOTHORACIC | $5,260,818 | $67,164 | $2,108,300 | $2,600,000 | $552,518 | $34,500 | $32,664 | $5,327,982 |
| Philip A PizzoFORMER DEAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | $4,156,115 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4,156,115 | $0 | $0 | $4,156,115 |
| Jay KangSR. MD, SMC, THRU 12/19/2024 | $3,849,978 | $92,478 | $848,850 | $2,144,375 | $856,753 | $34,500 | $57,978 | $3,942,456 |
| Lloyd B MinorVP MEDICAL AFFAIRS | $2,987,124 | $740,160 | $2,379,070 | $600,000 | $8,054 | $690,750 | $49,410 | $3,727,284 |
| Jonathan D LevinPRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $1,306,218 | $258,667 | $1,305,343 | $0 | $875 | $218,926 | $39,741 | $1,564,885 |
These figures come from Stanford University's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Stanford University compares
Ranked 61st of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 60th, New York Institute of Technology, $1,586,183
- Next in this ranking: 62nd, Sacred Heart University, $1,524,281
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Johns Hopkins University$5,871,487 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Pennsylvania$8,043,343 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Yale University$890,194 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Harvard University$1,642,838 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
New York University$2,954,989 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
Jonathan D Levin (PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE) was paid $1,564,885 for the fiscal year ending August 2025: $1,306,218 from Stanford University and $258,667 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Robert F Wallace (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SMC), at $6,311,502. That is $4,746,617 more than the president, Jonathan D Levin.
Stanford University paid its president, Jonathan D Levin, $1,564,885 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $487,899 (45.3%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending August 2022, when the president was Marc Tessier-Lavigne, paid $1,589,538. By fiscal year end: August 2022, $1,589,538 (Marc Tessier-Lavigne); August 2023, $2,409,076; August 2024, $1,076,986 (Jonathan D Levin); August 2025, $1,564,885.
Stanford University's return for the fiscal year ending August 2025 reports total expenses of $9,686,130,733 and total revenue of $10,152,608,690 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $466,477,957. Expenses were $8,932,390,126 for the fiscal year ending August 2024, so they rose 8.4%. The president's pay of $1,564,885 equals 0.02% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Stanford University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending August 2025 return breaks down pay for all 6 people in the pay breakdown above.