Fiscal year 2025 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.
This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junkoo Kim | $584,537 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $285,000 | $0 | $66,045 | $935,582 |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| David Lee | 500,000 | 250,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41,350 | 791,350 |
| Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||
| Yongsoo Kim | 209,074 | 0 | 241,511 | 0 | 105,573 | 0 | 137,761 | 693,919 |
| Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global WEBTOON | ||||||||
| Chankyu Park | 223,012 | 0 | 210,006 | 0 | 80,284 | 0 | 12,878 | 526,180 |
| Chief Technology Officer | ||||||||
| Hyeeun Son | 150,742 | 0 | 168,009 | 0 | 68,966 | 0 | 0 | 387,717 |
| Chief Design 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.
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junkoo Kim | $935,582 | — | — | — |
| David Lee | 791,350 | — | — | — |
| Yongsoo Kim | 693,919 | — | — | — |
| Chankyu Park | 526,180 | — | — | — |
| Hyeeun Son | 387,717 | — | — | — |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yongsoo Kim | RSU | 2025-03-07 | — | — | 18,242 | — | $168,009 |
| Yongsoo Kim | RSU | 2025-04-03 | — | — | 9,142 | — | 73,502 |
| Chankyu Park | RSU | 2025-03-07 | — | — | 22,802 | — | 210,006 |
| Hyeeun Son | RSU | 2025-03-07 | — | — | 18,242 | — | 168,009 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yongsoo Kim | $241,511 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Chankyu Park | 210,006 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hyeeun Son | 168,009 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lee | RSU | 114,210 | — | $1,488,156 |
| Chankyu Park | RSU | 72,177 | — | 940,466 |
| Kim | RSU | 72,177 | — | 940,466 |
| Hyeeun Son | RSU | 50,711 | — | 660,764 |
| David Lee | RSU | 23,721 | — | 309,085 |
| Chankyu Park | RSU | 15,962 | — | 207,985 |
| Kim | RSU | 12,770 | — | 166,393 |
| Hyeeun Son | RSU | 12,770 | — | 166,393 |
| Kim | RSU | 6,400 | — | 83,392 |
| David Lee | Option | 197,670 | 20.34 | — |
| Chankyu Park | Option | 98,070 | 22.5 | — |
| Chankyu Park | Option | 49,500 | 20.34 | — |
| Kim | Option | 33,600 | 22.5 | — |
| Kim | Option | 48,000 | 20.34 | — |
| Kim | Option | 3,000 | 32.3 | — |
| Hyeeun Son | Option | 27,000 | 22.5 | — |
| Hyeeun Son | Option | 30,000 | 20.34 | — |
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | — |
| Anti-pledging | — |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-06-03 | 127,064,456 | 46,916 | 2,150 | 99.96% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-06-04 | 122,872,114 | 2,100,423 | 1,270 | 98.32% | 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.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-06-03 | 99.96%a |
| 2025 | 2025-06-04 | 98.32%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.
| Annual cash retainer | $75,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $450,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 25,000 / 17,000 / 12,500 |
| Stock ownership guideline | $225,000 |
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Of the companies WEBTOON Entertainment names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.
Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including WEBTOON Entertainment.
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 | Grindr Inc. | 2025 | George Arison | $1,000,000 | $52,247,082 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $56,168,082 |
| 2 | Pinterest, Inc. | 2025 | Bill Ready | 620,833 | 37,928,927 | 0 | 756,250 | 39,312,010 |
| 3 | Roblox Corporation | 2025 | David Baszucki | 0 | 22,669,163 | 0 | 0 | 24,565,995 |
| 4 | Lionsgate Studios Corp. | 2026 | Jon Feltheimer | 1,500,000 | 10,682,554 | 0 | 0 | 19,374,075 |
| 5 | PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. | 2026 | Charles Giancarlo | 850,000 | 16,011,708 | 0 | 1,568,250 | 18,434,966 |
| 6 | Ziff Davis, Inc. | 2025 | Vivek Shah | 1,000,000 | 10,078,078 | 0 | 656,000 | 11,767,948 |
| 7 | fuboTV Inc. | 2025 | David Gandler | 1,180,300 | 7,901,641 | 0 | 1,643,309 | 10,886,885 |
| 8 | Unity Software Inc. | 2025 | Matthew Bromberg | 850,034 | 8,784,631 | 0 | 904,400 | 10,574,243 |
| 9 | Vimeo, Inc. | 2024 | Philip Moyer | 426,923 | 6,217,624 | 0 | 0 | 8,184,912 |
| 10 | Bumble Inc. | 2025 | Whitney Wolfe Herd | 650,000 | 6,303,827 | 0 | 650,000 | 7,617,828 |
| 11 | Fastly, Inc. | 2025 | Daniel Florness | 750,000 | 0 | 861,387 | 2,569,000 | 4,183,328 |
| 12 | Reddit, Inc. | 2025 | Steven Huffman | 569,250 | 0 | 0 | 1,405,478 | 3,101,009 |
| 13 | WEBTOON Entertainment | 2025 | Junkoo Kim | 584,537 | 0 | 0 | 285,000 | 935,582 |
| — | Playtika Holding Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
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.
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEBTOON Entertainment | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC |
| Bumble Inc. | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Semler Brossy |
| Fastly, Inc. | 342% | Options 100 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| fuboTV Inc. | 116% | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | No | Aon (2025 Transition Period); Pay Governance (fiscal 2026 forward) |
| Grindr Inc. | 150% | not disclosed | No | Frederic W. Cook & Co. (FW Cook) |
| Lionsgate Studios Corp. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Pinterest, Inc. | 121% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — relative total shareholder return (rTSR) | Compensia, Inc. |
| PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Playtika Holding Corp. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Reddit, Inc. | 165% | not disclosed | not disclosed | Pearl Meyer |
| Roblox Corporation | not disclosed | PSU 75 · RSU 25 | No | FW Cook |
| Unity Software Inc. | 106% | RSU 75 · PSU 25 | No | Semler Brossy |
| Vimeo, Inc. | 200% | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Semler Brossy |
| Ziff Davis, Inc. | 52.1% | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | Yes — Relative TSR | 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.
Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Junkoo Kim | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001997859-26-000055 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 935,582. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c24 · span 395508–395515 |
| 2 | Section 01, David Lee | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001997859-26-000055 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 791,350. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c24 · span 403730–403737 |
| 3 | Section 01, Yongsoo Kim | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001997859-26-000055 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 693,919. Filing ↗ |
| 4 | Section 01, Chankyu Park | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001997859-26-000055 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 526,180. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c24 · span 411444–411451 |
| 5 | Section 01, Hyeeun Son | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001997859-26-000055 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 387,717. Filing ↗machine: r15 · c24 · span 427391–427398 |
| 6 | Section 03, Yongsoo Kim RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001997859-26-000055 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 459540–459547 |
| 7 | Section 03, Yongsoo Kim RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001997859-26-000055 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 457781–457787 |
| 8 | Section 03, Chankyu Park RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001997859-26-000055 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 453862–453869 |
| 9 | Section 03, Hyeeun Son RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001997859-26-000055 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 464321–464328 |
| 10 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-06-04 | 0001997859-26-000082 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.96% (votes for as printed: 127,064,456). Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-06-06 | 0001997859-25-000077 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.32% (votes for as printed: 122,872,114). Filing ↗ |
| 12 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | computed | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 13 | Grindr Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001140361-26-018315 | CEO total compensation as printed in Grindr Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 56,168,082. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c21 · span 904856–904867 |
| 14 | Pinterest, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-08 | 0001506293-26-000058 | CEO total compensation as printed in Pinterest, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 39,312,010. Filing ↗machine: t133 · r2 · c17 · span 781657–781667 |
| 15 | Roblox Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-16 | 0001104659-26-044362 | CEO total compensation as printed in Roblox Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 24,565,995. Filing ↗machine: t181 · r5 · c15 · span 1056091–1056101 |
| 16 | Lionsgate Studios Corp., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-07-28 | 0001193125-26-321010 | CEO total compensation as printed in Lionsgate Studios Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 19,374,075. Filing ↗machine: span 1019413–1019423 |
| 17 | PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-05-01 | 0001474432-26-000041 | CEO total compensation as printed in PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 18,434,966. Filing ↗machine: t123 · r2 · c12 · span 762824–762834 |
| 18 | Ziff Davis, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-26 | 0001084048-26-000016 | CEO total compensation as printed in Ziff Davis, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,767,948. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 634468–634478 |
| 19 | fuboTV Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-06-16 | 0001628280-26-043532 | CEO total compensation as printed in fuboTV Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,886,885. Filing ↗machine: t51 · r2 · c21 · span 769364–769374 |
| 20 | Unity Software Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001810806-26-000021 | CEO total compensation as printed in Unity Software Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,574,243. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c8 · span 1601836–1601846 |
| 21 | Vimeo, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-04-29 | 0001104659-25-041232 | CEO total compensation as printed in Vimeo, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,184,912. Filing ↗machine: span 763762–763771 |
| 22 | Bumble Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-17 | 0001628280-26-025680 | CEO total compensation as printed in Bumble Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,617,828. Filing ↗machine: t107 · r5 · c23 · span 1317195–1317204 |
| 23 | Fastly, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-02-25 | 0000815556-26-000017 | CEO total compensation as printed in Fastly, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,183,328. Filing ↗machine: span 487146–487155 |
| 24 | Reddit, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-23 | 0001713445-26-000060 | CEO total compensation as printed in Reddit, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,101,009. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c24 · span 480826–480835 |
| 25 | WEBTOON Entertainment (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001997859-26-000055 | CEO total compensation as printed in WEBTOON Entertainment's own proxy. As printed: 935,582. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c24 · span 395508–395515 |
| 26 | Section 10a, Ziff Davis, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001084048-26-000016 | Ziff Davis, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |
| 27 | Section 10a, PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001474432-26-000041 | PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |
| 28 | Section 10a, Lionsgate Studios Corp. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-321010 | Lionsgate Studios Corp.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |
| 29 | Section 10a, Pinterest, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001506293-26-000058 | Pinterest, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |
| 30 | Section 10a, Roblox Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001104659-26-044362 | Roblox Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |
| 31 | Section 10a, Fastly, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0000815556-26-000017 | Fastly, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |
| 32 | Section 10a, Vimeo, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001104659-25-041232 | Vimeo, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |
| 33 | Section 10a, Unity Software Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001810806-26-000021 | Unity Software Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |
| 34 | Section 10a, Grindr Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001140361-26-018315 | Grindr Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |
| 35 | Section 10a, Reddit, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001713445-26-000060 | Reddit, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |
| 36 | Section 10a, Bumble Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001628280-26-025680 | Bumble Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗ |