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Fulcrum Therapeutics (FULC): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$3,251,490CEO Alex Sapir · source
Say-on-pay support94.37%Latest vote · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $6,990,596FY2023
  • $1,003,300FY2024
  • $3,251,490FY2025

CEO total pay was $3,251,490 in fiscal 2025, up from $1,003,300 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $650,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $0 · option awards $2,052,132

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Alex Sapir (President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $3,251,490.
How did shareholders vote on Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.'s executive compensation?
As disclosed, 94.37% of shareholders supported Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.'s executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. reported total board compensation of $436,000 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
Alex Sapir$650,000$0$0$2,052,132$411,200$0$138,158$3,251,490
President and Chief Executive Officer
Alan Musso478,100001,004,910220,0000104,1151,807,125
Chief Financial Officer
Curtis Oltmans472,20000793,350217,300001,482,850
Chief Legal Officer and Head of External Affairs

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
Alex Sapir$3,251,490$1,003,300$6,990,596↑ +2,248,190
Alan Musso1,807,1251,251,7601,879,833↑ +555,365
Curtis Oltmans1,482,8501,425,2402,319,661↑ +57,610

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

The company's compensation program is designed to motivate employees to achieve annual goals based on strategic, financial, and operating performance objectives, while equity grants are intended to create an ownership culture, promote executive retention through time-based vesting, and align executive interests with stockholders by motivating shareholder value creation.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantAon
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Curtis OltmansOption3,75012.69—
Curtis OltmansOption9,3757.4—
Curtis OltmansOption46,87512.59—
Curtis OltmansOption47,8122.58—
Alan MussoOption56,2506.95—
Curtis OltmansOption84,3756.95—
Curtis OltmansOption182,8124.16—
Alan MussoOption189,3504.01—
Alan MussoOption231,5624.16—
Alex SapirOption472,8754.16—
Alex SapirOption911,4003.27—
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Kate HavilandIndependent · Board Chair · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance$81,500—$219,406——$300,906
Katina DortonIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation60,000—219,406——279,406
James GeraghtyIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)55,500—219,406——274,906
Alan EzekowitzIndependent · Science and Technology · Compensation53,641—219,406——273,047
Robert J. GouldNot independent · Science and Technology (Chair)50,000—219,406——269,406
Rachel KingIndependent · Compensation (Chair)46,359—219,406——265,765
Colin HillIndependent · Science and Technology45,000—219,406——264,406
Sonja L. BanksIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance44,000—219,406——263,406
Alex C. SapirEmployee director—————0
Josh LehrerNewly elected——————

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$40,000
Annual equity retainer—
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)7,500 / 5,000 / 4,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$436,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$436,000

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

Peer group, and who names Fulcrum Therapeutics as a peer

Companies that benchmark against FULC

7 companies name FULC as a compensation peer

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

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
1Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.2025Alex Sapir$650,000$0$2,052,132$411,200$3,251,490

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.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-2450,735,6173,026,39727,08894.37%Passed
20252025-06-2646,099,800111,9678,30499.76%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 yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-06-2494.37%a
20252025-06-2699.76%b

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. 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 (18 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, Alex Sapir. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 22. As printed: 3,251,490. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Alan Musso. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,807,125. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Curtis Oltmans. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,482,850. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kate Haviland. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 300,906. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Katina Dorton. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 279,406. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, James Geraghty. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 274,906. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Alan Ezekowitz. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 273,047. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Robert J. Gould. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 269,406. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Rachel King. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 265,765. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Colin Hill. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 264,406. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Sonja L. Banks. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 263,406. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Alex C. Sapir. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Josh Lehrer. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-25. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.37% (votes for as printed: 50,735,617). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-27. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.76% (votes for as printed: 46,099,800). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 436,000 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 436,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,251,490. View filing ↗
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