Chief Executive Officer and Director · Workday, Inc. (WDAY)

Carl Eschenbach

A named executive officer of Workday in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2026. 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, FY2026

$26,031,706

FY2025: $26,173,192

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Workday by FY2026 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 5, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Carl Eschenbach compensation by year

Workday Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Workday reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$119,231$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,037,808
Bonus$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$102,563,097$0$23,909,133$22,982,993
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$1,500,000$1,225,500$1,556,712
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$2,981$21,664$38,559$454,194
Total$102,685,309$2,521,664$26,173,192$26,031,706

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.

How this page was built: the Workday, Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-055687. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 5, 2026.

$102.7M
$2.5M
$26.2M
$26.0M
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU96,612$16,967,966—
RSU77,596$13,628,185—
RSU75,914$13,332,776—
RSU52,589$9,236,206—
PSU101,216$6,663,792—
RSU13,773$2,418,952—

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.

Workday’s named executive officers, FY2026

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

Board service

Workday board · FY2021–FY2026
Director compensation in US dollars, as Workday reports it. Most recent year first; a dash means the company reported no figure in that column.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2026$0$0$0$0—
FY2025$0$0$0$0—
FY2024$0$0$0$0—
FY2023$0$328,089$0$0$328,089
FY2022$0—$0$0—
FY2021———$0—

Each year as the company reported it in Workday's director compensation table. Totals are the company's own disclosed totals.

How this board is paid

Company policy: Workday pays directors a $0 cash retainer and $320,000 in RSUs. As stated in Workday's FY2026 proxy.

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