Qualcomm Legal Chief Gets 26% Pay Bump After Chip Battle

Qualcomm Inc.’s general counsel Ann Chaplin saw her total compensation reach almost $7 million last year, a roughly 26% increase over the year prior.

The San Diego-based company, which makes everything from semiconductors to software, disclosed Chaplin’s remuneration in a proxy statement filed late Thursday. Chaplin and Qualcomm didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Chaplin, a former leader of the litigation practice at Fish & Richardson, joined Qualcomm in late 2021 to succeed the company’s retiring legal chief Donald Rosenberg. She previously worked at General Motors Co., where Chaplin was a deputy general counsel and corporate secretary.

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