Co-Founder and Executive Chair · Workday, Inc. (WDAY)

Aneel Bhusri

A named executive officer of Workday in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2026. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$19,231,325

FY2025: $18,104,519

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 5, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Aneel Bhusri compensation by year

Workday Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Workday reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$65,000$65,000$65,000$65,000$65,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$14,065,845$14,065,845$28,122,190$14,345,480$15,322,067
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$3,147,585$3,147,585$2,994,375$3,694,040$3,844,259
Total$17,278,430$17,278,430$31,181,565$18,104,519$19,231,325

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Workday, Inc. DEF 14A filed May 5, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-055687, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$17.3M
$17.3M
$31.2M
$18.1M
$19.2M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU64,408$11,311,977—
RSU48,055$8,439,900—
RSU31,554$5,541,829—
RSU9,182$1,612,635—
RSU3,994$701,466—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Workday, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2026 proxy (filed May 5, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-07-05Tax withholding—8,501$135.401,000,552

The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Workday discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Disability$0$43,570,096$0$43,570,096
Involuntary termination without cause$65,000$15,230,141$19,466$15,314,607
Death$0$43,570,096$0$43,570,096
Change in control and involuntary termination$65,000$43,570,096$19,466$43,654,562

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Workday, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Workday’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Gerrit KazmaierPresident, Product and Technology$28,390,724
Carl EschenbachChief Executive Officer and Director$26,031,706
Aneel Bhusri · this pageCo-Founder and Executive Chair$19,231,325
Zane RoweChief Financial Officer$11,147,080
Richard SauerChief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs$7,823,130

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