NOW Chief ExecutiveWhat Bill McDermott says in public, and what their own SEC filings show they own.
Chairman & CEO · ServiceNow, Inc.
CEO since 2019. Former SAP CEO. Aggressive growth strategy and AI focus. Known for charismatic leadership.
McDermott owns about 0% of ServiceNow, Inc., worth $29.7M at the last close.
Score = stake band (35) + founder (15) + tenure (10) + track record (15) + 12-month direction (−10…15) + filing discipline (10). Every input links to a filing or to the career file; the bands are ours.
Dots mark the months the activity below moved the line. Hover one for the filing.
| Security | Held via | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Common Stock | Direct | 184,199 |
| Common Stock | by Trust | 24,405 |
| Common Stock | by William R. McDermott 2020 GRAT | 1,933 |
| Reported as of 2026-08-17 | 210,537 | |
| Date | Type | What happened | Shares | Price | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | Exercise | Option or RSU conversion | +4,160 | — | — | |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Tax | Shares withheld for tax | −2,236 | $117.70 | $263K | |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Exercise | Option or RSU conversion across 2 lots | +15,152 | — | — | |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Tax | Shares withheld for tax across 2 lots | −8,145 | $124.00 | $1.0M | |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Exercise | Option or RSU conversion | +8,765 | — | — | |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Tax | Shares withheld for tax | −4,712 | $124.88 | $588K | |
| May 15, 2026 | Exercise | Option or RSU conversion across 3 lots | +19,306 | — | — | |
| May 15, 2026 | Tax | Shares withheld for tax across 3 lots | −10,378 | $95.07 | $1.0M | |
| May 7, 2026 | Exercise | Option or RSU conversion | +8,765 | — | — | |
| May 7, 2026 | Tax | Shares withheld for tax | −4,712 | $93.59 | $441K |
| Company | Role | Reported | Beneficial | % of class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIG Figma, Inc. | Director | 268,773 2026-06-02 |
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| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. This page | Chairman & CEO | 210,537 2026-08-17 |
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| UA Under Armour, Inc. | Director | 185,021 2020-01-02 |
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| SCWX SecureWorks Corp | Director | 133,351 2019-12-31 |
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| FSR Fisker Inc./DE | Director | 102,791 2024-01-05 |
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| ANSS ANSYS INC | Director | 32,508 2019-10-31 |
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| ZM Zoom Communications, Inc. | Director | 15,098 2026-06-10 |
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| PAET PAETEC Holding Corp. · exited | Director | — 2011-11-30 |
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Reported is every lot on the person's own Forms 3, 4 and 5 — direct and through trusts. Beneficial is the figure stated on the latest Schedule 13D/G cover page, which can exclude shares the person disclaims and include options exercisable within 60 days, so the two are never added together.
286 filings under CIK 0001334944 · captured 2026-09-05 · All filings on EDGAR ↗
7 recorded appearances
McDermott argued AI intelligence itself is commoditizing and the coming problem is agentic chaos, pitching ServiceNow as the control layer. He announced a total satisfaction guarantee, a sub-100-day go-live commitment, and AI Control Tower free for a year.
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McDermott framed AI as central to the ServiceNow platform rather than an add-on, and defended subscription growth against the software-multiple compression narrative.
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Long-form conversation on running a global enterprise software company through the AI transition, including his claim that AI is lifting productivity ~20% now and could reach 50%.
Watch or read →McDermott pushed back on the software-stock slump, arguing AI expands rather than destroys the enterprise workflow market.
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Post-results interview on AI agent adoption inside customers and how ServiceNow prices agentic capability.
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McDermott explained the strategic rationale for the $7.75B Armis acquisition and how security telemetry fits the ServiceNow platform.
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McDermott said the 'foundation to the house' — ServiceNow's core workflow platform — has never been stronger, framing AI as an accelerant on top of it.
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