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CoreWeave (CRWV): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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CEO pay, last three years
- $2,768,252FY2024
- $3,454,004FY2025
CEO total pay was $3,454,004 in fiscal 2025, up from $2,768,252 in fiscal 2024.
FY2025: salary $748,932 · bonus $750,000 · stock awards $0 · option awards $0
Executives and directors
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Summary compensation table
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Jones | $126,211 | $383,000 | $18,068,392 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $18,577,603 |
| Chief Revenue Officer | ||||||||
| Michael Intrator | 748,932 | 750,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,955,072 | 3,454,004 |
| Chief Executive Officer and President | ||||||||
| Brian Venturo | 748,932 | 750,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,305,905 | 2,804,835 |
| Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder | ||||||||
| Brannin McBee | 591,453 | 600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 786,068 | 1,977,521 |
| Chief Development Officer and Co-Founder | ||||||||
| Nitin Agrawal | 499,399 | 500,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,751 | 1,013,150 |
| Chief Financial 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 officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Jones | $18,577,603 | — | — | — |
| Michael Intrator | 3,454,004 | 2,768,252 | — | ↑ +685,752 |
| Brian Venturo | 2,804,835 | 2,758,865 | — | ↑ +45,970 |
| Brannin McBee | 1,977,521 | 2,406,154 | — | ↓ −428,633 |
| Nitin Agrawal | 1,013,150 | — | — | — |
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
We use executive compensation as a tool, in an industry characterized by enormous competition for talent, to attract and retain the best executives in order to serve shareholder interests by driving innovation and rewarding value creation. We reward impact, ownership, and consistent excellence, ensuring compensation decisions are driven by contribution rather than tenure, and we align compensation with shareholder interests, value, and growth.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Semler Brossy |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | false |
| Anti-pledging | false |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Jones | RSU | 2025-11-10 | — | — | 171,086 | — | $18,068,392 |
Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Jones | $18,068,392 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% |
% 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
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitin Agrawal | RSU | 120 | — | $8,593 |
| Brannin McBee | Option | 1,140 | 2.54 | — |
| Michael Intrator | Option | 1,140 | 2.8 | — |
| Brian Venturo | Option | 1,140 | 2.8 | — |
| Brannin McBee | Option | 50,000 | 1.07 | — |
| Michael Intrator | Option | 125,000 | 1.07 | — |
| Brian Venturo | Option | 125,000 | 1.07 | — |
| Nitin Agrawal | RSU | 148,363 | — | 10,624,274 |
| Brannin McBee | RSU | 152,604 | — | 10,927,972 |
| Jonathan Jones | RSU | 171,086 | — | 12,251,468 |
| Brian Venturo | RSU | 226,087 | — | 16,190,090 |
| Nitin Agrawal | RSU | 243,220 | — | 17,416,984 |
| Brannin McBee | Option | 395,840 | 2.54 | — |
| Michael Intrator | RSU | 402,708 | — | 28,837,920 |
| Michael Intrator | RSU | 500,000 | — | 0 |
| Michael Intrator | Option | 791,680 | 2.8 | — |
| Brian Venturo | Option | 791,680 | 2.8 | — |
| Nitin Agrawal | RSU | 857,760 | — | 61,424,194 |
| Michael Intrator | RSU | 1,312,500 | — | 93,988,125 |
| Brian Venturo | RSU | 1,312,500 | — | 93,988,125 |
| Brannin McBee | RSU | 1,312,500 | — | 93,988,125 |
| Brian Venturo | RSU | 2,400,000 | — | 0 |
Director compensation
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen BooneIndependent | $25,000 | $875,867 | — | — | — | $900,867 |
| Glenn H. HutchinsIndependent · Lead Independent Director | 22,917 | 840,930 | — | — | — | 863,847 |
| Margaret C. WhitmanIndependent | 20,833 | 608,358 | — | — | — | 629,191 |
| Jack CogenIndependent · Not standing for re-election | 0 | 197,431 | — | — | — | 197,431 |
| Michael IntratorEmployee director · Board Chair | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Brian VenturoEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Ernie RogersNot independent · Departed during FY | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $25,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $275,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 30,000 / 20,000 / 15,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | employee directors) within five years from initially becoming a director or executive officer (or, if later, within five years of the date of our initial public offering) (the “Compliance Date”). |
Total cost of the board
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $68,750 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $2,522,586 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $2,591,336 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
Peer group, and who names CoreWeave as a peer
Companies that benchmark against CRWV
2 companies name CRWV as a compensation peer
- IonQ, Inc.IONQFY2025
- IREN LtdIRENFY2026
Each company listed discloses CRWV in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named CRWV in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
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.
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.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CrowdStrike | 2026 | George Kurtz | $1,100,000 | $242,124,351 | $0 | $1,614,938 | $247,579,143 |
| 2 | Palo Alto Networks | 2026 | Nikesh Arora | 1,000,000 | 75,937,806 | 0 | 1,000,000 | 80,270,519 |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 2025 | Matthew Prince | 537,500 | 58,251,101 | 0 | 0 | 60,551,052 |
| 4 | Nutanix | 2026 | Rajiv Ramaswami | 800,000 | 27,883,613 | 0 | 797,600 | 29,485,213 |
| 5 | Datadog | 2025 | Olivier Pomel | 445,833 | 25,831,947 | 0 | 777,251 | 27,055,481 |
| 6 | Docusign | 2026 | Allan Thygesen | 1,000,000 | 23,600,136 | 0 | 1,019,000 | 25,650,100 |
| 7 | Twilio | 2025 | Khozema Shipchandler | 1,100,000 | 21,398,539 | 0 | 1,507,000 | 24,291,917 |
| 8 | Snowflake | 2026 | Sridhar Ramaswamy | 750,000 | 20,787,461 | 0 | 772,407 | 22,310,492 |
| 9 | Workday | 2026 | Aneel Bhusri | 65,000 | 15,322,067 | 0 | 0 | 19,231,325 |
| 10 | Samsara | 2026 | Sanjit Biswas | 50,000 | 18,069,159 | 0 | 63,945 | 18,184,644 |
| 11 | AppLovin | 2025 | Adam Foroughi | 400,000 | 12,558,866 | 0 | 0 | 12,969,001 |
| 12 | Palantir | 2025 | Alexander Karp | 1,101,637 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,623,000 |
| 13 | Bentley Systems | 2025 | Nicholas Cumins | 791,603 | 3,094,766 | 0 | 823,899 | 4,815,961 |
| 14 | CoreWeave, Inc. | 2025 | Michael Intrator | 748,932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,454,004 |
| 15 | Arista Networks | 2025 | Jayshree Ullal | 300,000 | 2,262,785 | 0 | 300,000 | 2,872,145 |
| 16 | Zscaler | 2025 | Jay Chaudhry | 23,660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29,753 |
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
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoreWeave, Inc. | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Semler Brossy |
| AppLovin | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Semler Brossy |
| Arista Networks | 100% | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | No | Aon |
| Bentley Systems | 98.9% | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | No | Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC |
| Cloudflare | not disclosed | not disclosed | No | Compensia |
| CrowdStrike | 108.8% | not disclosed | No | Compensia Inc. |
| Datadog | 183% | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | No | Compensia |
| Docusign | 101.9% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — TSR | Compensia |
| Nutanix | 99.7% | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | Yes — Relative TSR vs Nasdaq Composite Index | Compensia |
| Palantir | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | Semler Brossy |
| Palo Alto Networks | 100% | PSU 100 | Yes — Relative TSR | Meridian Compensation Partners |
| Samsara | 127.9% | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Compensia |
| Snowflake | 103.0% | PSU 70 · RSU 30 | No | Compensia |
| Twilio | 137.0% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes | Compensia |
| Workday | 101.8% | RSU 75 · PSU 25 | No | Semler Brossy |
| Zscaler | 100.9% | not disclosed | No | Compensia |
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 year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-06-08 | 1,146,482,539 | 2,756,059 | 2,459,943 | 99.76% | 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 year | Meeting date | Approval — company’s computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-06-08 | 99.76%a |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
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.
Insider trades since the proxy
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
Sources (33 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, Jonathan Jones. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 18,577,603. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Michael Intrator. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 37. As printed: 3,454,004. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Brian Venturo. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,804,835. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Brannin McBee. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,977,521. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Nitin Agrawal. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,013,150. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Jonathan Jones RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Karen Boone. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 900,867. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Glenn H. Hutchins. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 863,847. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Margaret C. Whitman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 629,191. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Jack Cogen. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 197,431. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Michael Intrator. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Brian Venturo. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Ernie Rogers. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-10. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.76% (votes for as printed: 1,146,482,539). 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 68,750 + equity 2,522,586 + all other 0 = 2,591,336, summed across the director compensation table rows.
- CrowdStrike, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-05. CEO total compensation as printed in CrowdStrike's own proxy. As printed: 247,579,143. View filing ↗
- Palo Alto Networks, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Palo Alto Networks's own proxy. As printed: 80,270,519. View filing ↗
- Cloudflare, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Cloudflare's own proxy. As printed: 60,551,052. View filing ↗
- Nutanix, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Nutanix's own proxy. As printed: 29,485,213. View filing ↗
- Datadog, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Datadog's own proxy. As printed: 27,055,481. View filing ↗
- Docusign, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Docusign's own proxy. As printed: 25,650,100. View filing ↗
- Twilio, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Twilio's own proxy. As printed: 24,291,917. View filing ↗
- Snowflake, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-18. CEO total compensation as printed in Snowflake's own proxy. As printed: 22,310,492. View filing ↗
- Workday, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-05. CEO total compensation as printed in Workday's own proxy. As printed: 19,231,325. View filing ↗
- Samsara, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Samsara's own proxy. As printed: 18,184,644. View filing ↗
- AppLovin, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in AppLovin's own proxy. As printed: 12,969,001. View filing ↗
- Palantir, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Palantir's own proxy. As printed: 8,623,000. View filing ↗
- Bentley Systems, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Bentley Systems's own proxy. As printed: 4,815,961. View filing ↗
- CoreWeave, Inc. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in CoreWeave, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,454,004. View filing ↗
- Arista Networks, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Arista Networks's own proxy. As printed: 2,872,145. View filing ↗
- Zscaler, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-11-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Zscaler's own proxy. As printed: 29,753. View filing ↗