5 Group Directors at GMO Earned Over 100 Million Yen in FY2025 / Ranking Disclosure for the Past 3 Years
GMO Internet Group announced that 5 directors earned over 100 million yen in FY2025. Demonstrating highly transparent management, the company also revealed strategic investments in AI talent, including a 7.1M yen starting salary program.
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- 📰 Published: April 7, 2026 at 00:22
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GMO Internet Group (Group Representative: Masatoshi Kumagai) announces that in FY2025, 5 group directors received executive compensation exceeding 100 million yen.
Our group has introduced an executive compensation system that evaluates the performance of each director and executive officer from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Furthermore, we practice sound, transparent management by disclosing the goals, corresponding results, and compensation amounts of all executives on our internal group portal.
[Executive Compensation]
■ Status for the Past 3 Years *In descending order of the 3-term total
(*1) Company names and job titles are the latest information as of April 6, 2026. For retired executives, the names and titles at the time of retirement are listed.
(*2) Includes some stock-based compensation.
(*3) Includes compensation from GMO VenturePartners, Inc.
[About GMO Internet Group's Management Policy]
GMO Internet Group's mission is to enrich and bring joy to people's lives through the Internet, create new Internet culture and industries, generate "smiles" and "excitement" for our customers, and contribute to society and people. To become a self-driving organization, we employ fair and transparent group management through various mechanisms.
Since launching our Internet business in 1995, we have concentrated our management resources on providing No.1 services that make customers smile, and as a result, we have maintained continuous profit growth for 30 years. In the consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending December 2025, we achieved our 17th consecutive term of revenue growth and record-high profits.
[About the Executive Compensation System]
For the purpose of sustainable group growth and enhancing corporate value, we have rolled out a compensation system across the group primarily linked to the degree of achievement of performance targets. The system is deliberated and revised by a committee composed of self-nominated group director members, and established by the Board of Directors, which includes three independent outside directors.
Specifically, in addition to the quantitative evaluation of the following three important items, we have introduced a fair and just compensation system based on each director's performance, responsibilities, and achievements by conducting multi-faceted evaluations including behavioral indicators in each jurisdiction.
(1) Quantitative items for achieving performance targets (Net sales, ordinary profit, dividend amount, etc.)
(2) Quantitative items promoting sustainable growth (Sales growth rate, ordinary profit growth rate, etc.)
(3) Quantitative items from mid-term initiatives (Customer retention rate, employee retention rate, etc.)
[Regarding Salary Returns to Partners]
At GMO Internet Group, we aim to be the "No.1 Enterprise Group that Creates the Future with AI & Robotics".
We are promoting a project to achieve the No.1 salary in each industry and region. We intend to improve productivity and achieve profit growth through operational efficiency leveraging AI, and use the excess above a certain group consolidated operating profit margin as the financial source to return to group partners (employees) as salary.
Furthermore, in terms of recruitment, we have launched the "No.1 & AI Talent Recruitment ~ New Graduate Annual Salary 7.1 Million Yen Program ~" for outstanding talent joining in April 2023 as new graduates, who demonstrate exceptionally high-level performance and will take on the role of future executive candidates, guaranteeing an annual salary of 7.1 million yen for 2 years. We are also advancing specialized recruitment for AI talent in mid-career hiring.
Our group has introduced an executive compensation system that evaluates the performance of each director and executive officer from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Furthermore, we practice sound, transparent management by disclosing the goals, corresponding results, and compensation amounts of all executives on our internal group portal.
[Executive Compensation]
■ Status for the Past 3 Years *In descending order of the 3-term total
(*1) Company names and job titles are the latest information as of April 6, 2026. For retired executives, the names and titles at the time of retirement are listed.
(*2) Includes some stock-based compensation.
(*3) Includes compensation from GMO VenturePartners, Inc.
[About GMO Internet Group's Management Policy]
GMO Internet Group's mission is to enrich and bring joy to people's lives through the Internet, create new Internet culture and industries, generate "smiles" and "excitement" for our customers, and contribute to society and people. To become a self-driving organization, we employ fair and transparent group management through various mechanisms.
Since launching our Internet business in 1995, we have concentrated our management resources on providing No.1 services that make customers smile, and as a result, we have maintained continuous profit growth for 30 years. In the consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending December 2025, we achieved our 17th consecutive term of revenue growth and record-high profits.
[About the Executive Compensation System]
For the purpose of sustainable group growth and enhancing corporate value, we have rolled out a compensation system across the group primarily linked to the degree of achievement of performance targets. The system is deliberated and revised by a committee composed of self-nominated group director members, and established by the Board of Directors, which includes three independent outside directors.
Specifically, in addition to the quantitative evaluation of the following three important items, we have introduced a fair and just compensation system based on each director's performance, responsibilities, and achievements by conducting multi-faceted evaluations including behavioral indicators in each jurisdiction.
(1) Quantitative items for achieving performance targets (Net sales, ordinary profit, dividend amount, etc.)
(2) Quantitative items promoting sustainable growth (Sales growth rate, ordinary profit growth rate, etc.)
(3) Quantitative items from mid-term initiatives (Customer retention rate, employee retention rate, etc.)
[Regarding Salary Returns to Partners]
At GMO Internet Group, we aim to be the "No.1 Enterprise Group that Creates the Future with AI & Robotics".
We are promoting a project to achieve the No.1 salary in each industry and region. We intend to improve productivity and achieve profit growth through operational efficiency leveraging AI, and use the excess above a certain group consolidated operating profit margin as the financial source to return to group partners (employees) as salary.
Furthermore, in terms of recruitment, we have launched the "No.1 & AI Talent Recruitment ~ New Graduate Annual Salary 7.1 Million Yen Program ~" for outstanding talent joining in April 2023 as new graduates, who demonstrate exceptionally high-level performance and will take on the role of future executive candidates, guaranteeing an annual salary of 7.1 million yen for 2 years. We are also advancing specialized recruitment for AI talent in mid-career hiring.