Adaire Fox-Martin
Chief Executive Officer & President
Executive
2 yr
22 reports
Leadership change Adaire Fox-Martin was promoted to Chief Executive Officer (from Board Member) · DEF 14A, 2025-04-03
Equinix, Inc. ·EQIX
CEO oversees revenue, operations, and business chiefs directly
Financials · Fortune #446 · Hybrid structure · 14K employees · Redwood City, California
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6
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 8)
3.2
Avg span
moderate
3
Max depth
3 levels
2.5 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
50%
Internal hires
near industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$9.2B
Operating income
$1.8B
Net income
$1.4B
Total assets
$40.1B
Shares out
98M
Sourced from Equinix, Inc. DEF 14A · filed 2026-04-02 ↗ View on SEC
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Equinix operates with a wide CEO span, with Adaire Fox-Martin directly overseeing finance, operations, business, revenue, and legal leaders. This page maps the executive structure, highlights recent leadership changes, and compares Equinix’s flat enterprise model with key digital infrastructure peers.
What to model
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Latest signal Mike Campbell departed as Chief Sales Officer
Retired from CSO role effective March 31, 2026; continues as Special Advisor through March 2027.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI Officer Create a Chief AI Officer role to coordinate AI-driven infrastructure, automation, and product strategy across Equinix.
- Consolidate Business and Revenue Leadership Merge Chief Business Officer and Chief Customer & Revenue Officer roles to streamline go-to-market execution.
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The people
Who's running this
7 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Raouf Abdel
Executive Vice President, Global Operations
Operations
3 yr
4 reports
Shane Paladin
Chief Customer & Revenue Officer
Sales
1 yr
4 reports
Olivier Leonetti
Chief Financial Officer
Finance
0 yr
3 reports
internal
Jon Lin
Chief Business Officer
Business
4 yr
3 reports
internal
Kurt Pletcher
Chief Legal Officer
Legal
6 yr
2 reports
Keith Taylor
Special Advisor to the CEO
Executive
0 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 2 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Adaire Fox-Martin $22.7M
- Base salary
- $1.00M
- Stock awards
- $21.42M
- Non-equity incentive
- $238K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Keith Taylor $10.2M
- Base salary
- $680K
- Stock awards
- $9.53M
- Non-equity incentive
- $1K
- Other
- $34K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How Equinix, Inc. divides the work
4 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Global Operations
7K employees
EVP, Global Operations (Raouf Abdel)
Runs Equinix’s global data center, engineering, and infrastructure operations.
Sales & Customer Revenue
3K employees
Chief Customer & Revenue Officer (Shane Paladin)
Leads global enterprise, hyperscale, and partner sales and customer success.
Business & Strategy
800 employees
Chief Business Officer (Jon Lin)
Oversees corporate strategy, partnerships, and product management.
Finance
600 employees
Chief Financial Officer (Olivier Leonetti)
Manages financial planning, reporting, treasury, and investor relations.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
CEO Adaire Fox-Martin directly oversees a broad set of revenue, operations, and business leaders rather than delegating through a COO.
This creates a wide CEO span with six direct reports covering finance, global operations, business development, customer revenue, and legal. The structure reflects Equinix’s hybrid enterprise model, combining functional leadership with regionally scaled execution.
Operational complexity is concentrated under the EVP of Global Operations, while growth and monetization are split between a Chief Business Officer and a Chief Customer & Revenue Officer. This separation underscores Equinix’s emphasis on both platform expansion and enterprise customer capture, particularly as AI-driven infrastructure demand increases.
- No COO role
- Separate Chief Business and Chief Customer & Revenue roles
- Wide CEO span of control
The comparison
How Equinix, Inc. stacks up
Compared with other global digital infrastructure peers, Equinix maintains a relatively flat executive layer with no Chief Operating Officer. Many peers, such as Digital Realty, interpose a COO between the CEO and operational leaders, reducing CEO span. Equinix instead centralizes accountability at the CEO level. …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
Equinix, Inc.
3 levels
Digital Realty
4 levels
CyrusOne
4 levels
Iron Mountain
5 levels
5 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Has COO / Has CAIO
Equinix, Inc. — no COO — no CAIO
Digital Realty ✓ COO — no CAIO
CyrusOne ✓ COO — no CAIO
Iron Mountain ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most significant recent change is the CFO transition from Keith Taylor to Olivier Leonetti in March 2026.
- departedMike Campbell Chief Sales Officer
Retired from CSO role effective March 31, 2026; continues as Special Advisor through March 2027.
Source - newOlivier Leonetti Chief Financial Officer
Appointed CFO effective March 16, 2026, succeeding retiring CFO Keith Taylor.
Source - departedKeith Taylor Chief Financial Officer
Retired as CFO effective March 16, 2026; transitioned to Special Advisor role.
Source
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-04-02
- CEO
- Adaire Fox-Martin
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 2.4 yr
First full proxy reflecting Fox-Martin as CEO and a broadened executive team.
Named executive officers (5)
- Adaire Fox-Martin - CEO & President since 2024
- Keith Taylor - CFO since 2019
- Raouf Abdel - EVP, Global Operations since 2022
- Jon Lin - Chief Business Officer since 2021
- Shane Paladin - Chief Customer & Revenue Officer since 2025
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-04-03
- CEO
- Adaire Fox-Martin
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 3.1 yr
Transition year following CEO succession from Charles Meyers.
Named executive officers (5)
- Adaire Fox-Martin - CEO & President since 2024
- Keith Taylor - CFO since 2019
- Raouf Abdel - EVP, Global Operations since 2022
- Jon Lin - Chief Business Officer since 2021
- Mike Campbell - Chief Sales Officer since 2017
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-04-04
- CEO
- Charles Meyers
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 4.6 yr
Final year before planned CEO succession to Fox-Martin.
Named executive officers (5)
- Charles Meyers - CEO & President since 2018
- Keith Taylor - CFO since 2019
- Raouf Abdel - EVP, Global Operations since 2022
- Jon Lin - Chief Business Officer since 2021
- Mike Campbell - Chief Sales Officer since 2017
Year-over-year changes
2024 reflects the CEO succession from Meyers to Fox-Martin, reducing average tenure.
- CEO span: 5 → 5
- C-suite size: 5 → 5
- Avg tenure: 4.6 → 3.1 yr
- promoted Adaire Fox-Martin - Chief Executive Officer (was Board Member) (DEF 14A, 2025-04-03)
- retitled Charles Meyers - Executive Chairman (was CEO & President) (DEF 14A, 2025-04-03)
Addition of a dedicated Chief Customer & Revenue Officer sharpened go-to-market focus.
- CEO span: 5 → 5
- C-suite size: 5 → 5
- Avg tenure: 3.1 → 2.4 yr
- new Shane Paladin - Chief Customer & Revenue Officer (DEF 14A, 2026-04-02)
The board
Board of directors
10 directors. 8 of 10 independent (80%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Nanci Caldwell
Independent
Charles Meyers
Chair Inside
Executive Chairman, Equinix
Adaire Fox-Martin
Inside
CEO, Equinix
Christopher Paisley
Lead Indep. Independent
Rebecca Kujawa
Independent
Thomas Olinger
Independent
Yanbing Li
Independent
Sandra Rivera
Independent
Fidelma Russo
Independent
Gary Hromadko
Independent
The board, organized
Board committees
4 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.
Audit Committee
100% independent 9 mtgs/yr
- Rebecca Kujawa Chair
- Thomas Olinger
- Christopher Paisley
Finance Committee
100% independent 5 mtgs/yr
- Thomas Olinger Chair
- Gary Hromadko
- Christopher Paisley
Nominating and Governance Committee
100% independent 4 mtgs/yr
- Nanci Caldwell Chair
- Sandra Rivera
- Fidelma Russo
Talent, Culture and Compensation Committee
100% independent 4 mtgs/yr
- Sandra Rivera Chair
- Nanci Caldwell
- Yanbing Li
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Equinix?
Adaire Fox-Martin has served as Chief Executive Officer and President since 2024.
What type of organizational structure does Equinix use?
Equinix uses a hybrid enterprise structure combining functional leadership with global operational scale.
How many direct reports does Equinix's CEO have?
The CEO has six direct executive reports.
How has Equinix's leadership changed recently?
In March 2026, Equinix appointed Olivier Leonetti as CFO following the retirement of long-time CFO Keith Taylor.
Does Equinix have a COO?
No. Equinix does not have a Chief Operating Officer; global operations report directly to the CEO.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Feb 18, 2026
- 8-K Filing, Mar 10, 2026
- SEC EDGAR: Equinix, Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Equinix, Inc. 10-K Annual Report
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