Chief Financial Officer · Redfin Corporation (RDFN)

Chris Nielsen

A named executive officer of Redfin in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2023. 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, FY2023

$1,860,527

FY2022: $2,382,328

2nd of 6 named executive officers at Redfin by FY2023 total.

6 named officers on file for Redfin, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 25, 2024 (DEF 14A).

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Chris Nielsen compensation by year

Redfin Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Redfin reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023
Salary$501,374$500,000$500,000
Stock awards$1,616,354$1,840,328$1,323,027
Non-equity incentive$160,000$42,000$37,500
Total$2,277,728$2,382,328$1,860,527

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Redfin Corporation DEF 14A filed April 25, 2024, accession 0001382821-24-000045, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Redfin Corporation filed document, accession 0001382821-24-000045. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 25, 2024.

$2.3M
$2.4M
$1.9M
FY21
FY22
FY23
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awards

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU85,189$879,150—
RSU54,860$566,155—
RSU49,288$508,652—
RSU43,887$452,914—
RSU13,752$141,921—
RSU4,953$51,115—
RSU1,754$18,101—
Option166,666—$10.80
Option83,333—$9.15

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Redfin Corporation's FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Redfin discloses, by trigger · FY2023
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control, no termination$0$3,207,218$0$3,207,218
Change in control and involuntary termination$250,000$2,680,929$14,657$2,945,586

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Redfin Corporation's FY2023 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Redfin’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
Adam WienerFormer President of Real Estate Operations$2,546,278
Chris Nielsen · this pageChief Financial Officer$1,860,527
Bridget FreyChief Technology Officer$1,800,027
Anna StevensChief Human Resources Officer$1,662,002
Anthony KappusChief of Legal Affairs and Digital Revenue Officer$1,544,813
Glenn KelmanChief Executive Officer$300,000

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