Former Chief Executive Officer · Match Group, Inc. (MTCH)

Bernard Kim

A named executive officer of Match in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$10,630,492

FY2024: $15,746,295

3rd of 6 named executive officers at Match by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Bernard Kim compensation by year

Match Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Match reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$553,846$1,000,000$1,000,000$240,385
Bonus$2,000,000$1,860,000$0$0
Stock awards$21,307,365$13,210,272$14,321,295$0
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$415,000$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$60,000$10,000$10,000$10,390,107
Total$23,921,211$16,080,272$15,746,295$10,630,492

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Match Group, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0000891103-26-000066, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Match Group, Inc. filed document, accession 0000891103-26-000066. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$23.9M
$16.1M
$15.7M
$10.6M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU43,263$1,396,962—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Match Group, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Match discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$1,000,000$6,755,825$51,814$9,807,639
Change in control, no termination—$19,365,138—$19,365,138
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,500,000$23,760,282$76,307$28,336,589
Death—$3,884,378—$3,884,378

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Match Group, Inc.'s FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Match’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Spencer RascoffChief Executive Officer$47,014,253
Hesam HosseiniChief Operating Officer$13,335,610
Bernard Kim · this pageFormer Chief Executive Officer$10,630,492
Steven BaileyChief Financial Officer$5,482,534
Sean EdgettChief Legal Officer$2,825,304
Gary SwidlerFormer President and CFO$464,327

Board service

Match board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Match pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $250,000 in RSUs. As stated in Match's FY2025 proxy.

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