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Employees The Linux Foundation James Zemlin

James Zemlin

OfficerTrustee/director

Executive Director at The Linux Foundation

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Published on January 25, 2026.

$1,403,184
2024

Total compensation

James Zemlin has been listed as an employee of The Linux Foundation in Form 990 filings since at least fiscal year 2016. Total compensation for James Zemlin has increased by 119.5% from 2016 to 2024.

Annual compensation details

$1,403,184
+11%
Executive Director
2024
$953k org
40 hrs/wk
$452k other
--
$1,264,127
+13.6%
Executive Director
2023
$951k org
40 hrs/wk
$314k other
--

Total compensation by year

Compare the compensation of James Zemlin to:

2024

Other employees at The Linux Foundation

Linus Torvalds
Fellow
$1,613,976
$524,349 from orgNo related comp$1,089,627 other
Jason Storment
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$880,712
$801,592 from orgNo related comp$79,120 other
Arpit Joshipura
General Manager, Networking and Orchestration
$837,795
$754,166 from orgNo related comp$83,629 other
Gabriele Columbro
Executive Director, Finos
$729,406
$657,175 from orgNo related comp$72,231 other
Todd Moore
Senior Vice President of Program Operations
$724,933
$655,960 from orgNo related comp$68,973 other
Chris Aniszczyk
Vice President Strategic and Developer
$716,083
$651,592 from orgNo related comp$64,491 other
Stephanie Wigle Haddow
Chief Financial Officer
$699,335
$626,592 from orgNo related comp$72,743 other
Angela Brown
Senior Vice President, GM of Events
$666,265
$601,982 from orgNo related comp$64,283 other
Priyanka Sharma
GM, CNCF
$635,411
$562,668 from orgNo related comp$72,743 other
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Revisions to this profile

January 25, 2026:
2024 The Linux Foundation 990 published
January 25, 2026:
2023 The Linux Foundation 990 published
January 25, 2026:
2022 The Linux Foundation 990 published

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