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Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE (VRDN): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$6,776,249CEO Stephen Mahoney · source
Say-on-pay support96.41%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers50th pct.Of 10 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio15.4:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $12,479,521FY2023
  • $1,117,454FY2024
  • $6,776,249FY2025

CEO total pay was $6,776,249 in fiscal 2025, up from $1,117,454 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $700,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $1,058,098 · option awards $4,381,713

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Stephen Mahoney (President, Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $6,776,249.
How does Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Stephen Mahoney's total compensation ranked at the 50th percentile of Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE's disclosed peer group.
What is Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 15.4:1.
How did shareholders vote on Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 96.41% of shareholders supported Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE reported total board compensation of $392,500 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Stephen Mahoney$700,000$0$1,058,098$4,381,713$630,000$0$6,438$6,776,249
President, Chief Executive Officer
Radhika Tripuraneni430,63650,00003,341,410253,52904,8914,080,466
Chief Medical Officer
Thomas Beetham545,0010542,3352,245,871408,750019,2253,761,182
Chief Operating Officer
Seth Harmon480,0000361,2301,495,898288,000017,6512,642,779
Chief Financial Officer
Jennifer Tousignant469,91150,000297,9851,233,979281,946018,0942,351,915
Chief Legal Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Stephen Mahoney$6,776,249$1,117,454$12,479,521↑ +5,658,795
Radhika Tripuraneni4,080,466———
Thomas Beetham3,761,182809,5004,761,401↑ +2,951,682
Seth Harmon2,642,779770,6596,548,526↑ +1,872,120
Jennifer Tousignant2,351,9154,911,024—↓ −2,559,109

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our executive compensation program is guided by our overarching philosophy of tying the compensation of our executive officers to key, measurable short-term goals and granting long-term equity awards that will provide value when our stock price increases.

CEO STI target (% of salary)60%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantCompensia
Clawback policyTrue
Anti-hedgingTrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Jennifer TousignantRSU2025-03-03——20,679—$297,984
Seth HarmonRSU2025-03-03——25,068—361,230
Radhika TripuraneniOPTION2025-03-10————3,341,409
Stephen MahoneyOPTION2025-03-03——440,565—4,381,712
Thomas BeethamRSU2025-03-03——37,636—542,335
Stephen MahoneyRSU2025-03-03——73,428—1,058,097
Jennifer TousignantOPTION2025-03-03——124,072—1,233,979
Thomas BeethamOPTION2025-03-03——225,814—2,245,871
Seth HarmonOPTION2025-03-03——150,407—1,495,898

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Jennifer Tousignant$297,984$0$1,233,9790.0%
Seth Harmon361,23001,495,8980.0%
Radhika Tripuraneni003,341,4090.0%
Stephen Mahoney1,058,09704,381,7120.0%
Thomas Beetham542,33502,245,8710.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Jennifer TousignantRSU20,679—$643,530
Seth HarmonRSU25,068—780,116
Thomas BeethamRSU37,636—1,171,232
Seth HarmonOption61,98024.5—
Stephen MahoneyRSU73,428—2,285,079
Jennifer TousignantOption100,80914.41—
Seth HarmonOption122,20614.41—
Seth HarmonOption129,37513.76—
Jennifer TousignantOption157,08419.68—
Thomas BeethamOption183,47414.41—
Thomas BeethamOption217,43413.02—
Radhika TripuraneniOption310,70015.58—
Stephen MahoneyOption357,96014.41—
Stephen MahoneyOption577,22513.02—
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Chris CainIndependent · Science · Nominating (Chair) · Newly elected$57,500$0$653,089—$0$710,589
Jeff AjerIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Newly elected57,5000540,746—0598,246
Tomas KiselakIndependent · Board Chair · Science (Chair) · Nominating92,5000201,402—0293,902
Arlene M. MorrisIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Audit · Nominating70,0000201,402—0271,402
Jennifer K. MosesIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation67,5000201,402—0268,902
Sarah GheuensIndependent · Science47,5000201,402—0248,902
Stephen MahoneyEmployee director000000

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$40,000
Annual equity retainer$358,600
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$392,500
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$392,500

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE as a peer

Companies that benchmark against VRDN

10 companies name VRDN as a compensation peer

The list of companies that name VRDN as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Peer reciprocity

The companies Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Soleno Therapeutics2024Anish Bhatnagar$640,000$46,883,000$3,231,230$403,200$51,160,430
2Immunovant2026Eric Venker636,618019,010,639020,158,767
3Rhythm Pharmaceuticals2025David Meeker807,6928,274,7857,688,560759,48817,544,525
4Crinetics2025R. Scott Struthers718,5003,280,5407,160,564462,35511,628,959
5Morphic Holdings2023Praveen Tipirneni613,5023,742,9604,121,756412,9668,907,684
6Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE2025Stephen Mahoney700,0001,058,0984,381,713630,0006,776,249
7Tarsus Pharmaceuticals2025Bobak Azamian726,3332,648,2842,651,487555,7006,617,979
8AnaptysBio2025Daniel Faga706,0111,592,0013,345,653465,9686,133,943
9Prothena2025Gene Kinney692,973961,8003,809,738415,7845,896,045
10Pliant Therapeutics2025Bernard Coulie682,0001,810,2502,713,750204,6005,462,901
11Erasca2025Jonathan Lim670,40003,135,250482,6884,298,838

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE150%Options 75 · RSU 25not disclosedCompensia
AnaptysBio110%not disclosedNoAlpine Rewards
Crineticsnot disclosedOptions 70 · RSU 30not disclosedPearl Meyer
Erasca120%Options 100not disclosedAlpine Rewards, LLC
Immunovant110%not disclosedNoCompensia
Morphic Holdings120%Stock Options 50 · RSU 50not disclosedAon
Pliant Therapeuticsnot disclosedOption 66.67 · RSU 33.33not disclosedPearl Meyer; Alpine Rewards
Prothena100%not disclosednot disclosedPay Governance LLC
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals120%Options 50 · RSU 50NoPay Governance
Soleno Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAon plc
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals108%Options 50 · RSU 50NoPay Governance

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-0283,512,0863,113,724213,33696.41%Passed
20252025-06-2456,046,36615,957,52638,34077.84%Passed
20242024-06-2032,797,46823,748,21623,86258%Passed
20232023-06-1622,946,96412,351,31721,84465.01%Passed
20222022-06-0813,209,7572,389,6956,44384.68%Passed
20212021-06-115,031,01628,37420,63599.44%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-06-0296.41%a
20252025-06-2477.84%b
20242024-06-2058%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will not be counted as votes cast on the matter and will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted as votes cast on the matter and will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.”.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)15.4 : 1
CEO total compensation$6,776,249
Median employee compensation$439,114
Insider trades since the proxy

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

InsiderRoleTransaction dateCodeSharesPriceValueSecuritySource
Fairmount Funds Management LLCDirector2026-05-11A1,176,470$17$19,999,990CommonForm 4 ↗
Tomas KiselakDirector2026-07-01A32,34100Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Chris CainDirector2026-07-01A32,34100Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Arlene M. MorrisDirector2026-07-01A32,34100Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Jennifer K. MosesDirector2026-07-01A32,34100Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Jeff AjerDirector2026-07-01A32,34100Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Sarah GheuensDirector2026-07-01A32,34100Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Radhika TripuraneniChief Medical Officer2026-08-14A40,00013528,400CommonForm 4 ↗
Radhika TripuraneniChief Medical Officer2026-08-14D40,00000Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Jennifer TousignantChief Legal Officer2026-08-19D10,00000Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Jennifer TousignantChief Legal Officer2026-08-19D10,00025245,000CommonForm 4 ↗
Jennifer TousignantChief Legal Officer2026-08-19A10,00014144,100CommonForm 4 ↗
Jennifer TousignantChief Legal Officer2026-08-19D4,21225103,194CommonForm 4 ↗

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

Sources (55 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Stephen Mahoney. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 38. As printed: 6,776,249. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Radhika Tripuraneni. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 4,080,466. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Thomas Beetham. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 3,761,182. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Seth Harmon. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 2,642,779. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jennifer Tousignant. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 2,351,915. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jennifer Tousignant RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Seth Harmon RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Radhika Tripuraneni OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Stephen Mahoney OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thomas Beetham RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Stephen Mahoney RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jennifer Tousignant OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thomas Beetham OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Seth Harmon OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 15.4 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Chris Cain. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 710,589. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jeff Ajer. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 598,246. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Tomas Kiselak. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 293,902. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Arlene M. Morris. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 271,402. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jennifer K. Moses. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 268,902. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Sarah Gheuens. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 248,902. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Stephen Mahoney. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Fairmount Funds Management LLC 2026-05-11. Form 4, filed 2026-05-13. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Tomas Kiselak 2026-07-01. Form 4, filed 2026-07-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Chris Cain 2026-07-01. Form 4, filed 2026-07-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Arlene M. Morris 2026-07-01. Form 4, filed 2026-07-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Jennifer K. Moses 2026-07-01. Form 4, filed 2026-07-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Jeff Ajer 2026-07-01. Form 4, filed 2026-07-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Sarah Gheuens 2026-07-01. Form 4, filed 2026-07-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Radhika Tripuraneni 2026-08-14. Form 4, filed 2026-08-18. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Radhika Tripuraneni 2026-08-14. Form 4, filed 2026-08-18. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Jennifer Tousignant 2026-08-19. Form 4, filed 2026-08-20. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Jennifer Tousignant 2026-08-19. Form 4, filed 2026-08-20. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Jennifer Tousignant 2026-08-19. Form 4, filed 2026-08-20. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Jennifer Tousignant 2026-08-19. Form 4, filed 2026-08-20. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-03. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.41% (votes for as printed: 83,512,086). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-24. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 77.84% (votes for as printed: 56,046,366). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-06-20. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 58% (votes for as printed: 32,797,468). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 392,500 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 392,500, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Soleno Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Soleno Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 51,160,430. View filing ↗
  • Immunovant, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Immunovant's own proxy. As printed: 20,158,767. View filing ↗
  • Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's own proxy. As printed: 17,544,525. View filing ↗
  • Crinetics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Crinetics's own proxy. As printed: 11,628,959. View filing ↗
  • Morphic Holdings, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-04-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Morphic Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 8,907,684. View filing ↗
  • Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE's own proxy. As printed: 6,776,249. View filing ↗
  • Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Tarsus Pharmaceuticals's own proxy. As printed: 6,617,979. View filing ↗
  • AnaptysBio, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-29. CEO total compensation as printed in AnaptysBio's own proxy. As printed: 6,133,943. View filing ↗
  • Prothena, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Prothena's own proxy. As printed: 5,896,045. View filing ↗
  • Pliant Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Pliant Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 5,462,901. View filing ↗
  • Erasca, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Erasca's own proxy. As printed: 4,298,838. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Pliant Therapeutics reciprocity. DEF 14A. Pliant Therapeutics names Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Immunovant reciprocity. DEF 14A. Immunovant names Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Soleno Therapeutics reciprocity. DEF 14A. Soleno Therapeutics names Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
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