Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella may have been on the job only eight months, but his compensation package for 2014 topped $84 million, according to regulatory filings Monday.

And if Microsoft’s shares beat the S&P 500 index, Nadella could earn far more, as much as $355 million in stock awards alone over the next seven years.

For Microsoft’s fiscal 2014, which ended June 30, Nadella received nearly $919,000 in salary, $3.6 million as a cash bonus, and more than $79 million in share awards, the company said in a proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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