Chief Legal Officer · Netflix, Inc. (NFLX)

David Hyman

A named executive officer of Netflix in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 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

$15,400,781

FY2024: $17,259,842

4th of 6 named executive officers at Netflix by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Netflix, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 16, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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David Hyman compensation by year

Netflix Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Netflix reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,761,538$2,500,000$3,500,000$5,500,000$4,725,000$6,000,000$4,000,000$1,500,000$2,000,000
Bonus$0———$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$8,955,597$8,681,008
Option awards$1,435,074$3,914,510$4,643,129$4,956,023$5,440,831$7,237,681$9,664,029$788,598$0
Non-equity incentive$1,608,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$6,000,000$4,702,639
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$309,027$11,890$15,550$13,324$11,742$12,971$16,044$15,647$17,134
Total$5,113,639$6,426,400$8,158,679$10,469,347$10,177,573$13,250,652$13,680,073$17,259,842$15,400,781

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Netflix, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-159286, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Netflix, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-159286. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 16, 2026.

$5.1M
$6.4M
$8.2M
$10.5M
$10.2M
$13.3M
$13.7M
$17.3M
$15.4M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU72,680$6,814,477—
RSU43,500$4,078,560—
RSU24,230$2,271,805—
RSU21,750$2,039,280—
Option19,810—$41.53
Option19,110—$51.52
Option19,340—$50.91
Option18,450—$53.35
Option16,050—$61.32
Option14,450—$68.12
Option15,940—$61.78
Option15,600—$52.75

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Netflix, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 24 award rows shown.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

33 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 16, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-11-04Sale—5,727$64.55166,100
2026-11-03Exercise or conversion derivative—0$0.000
2026-11-03Tax withholding—2,709$62.34174,800
2026-11-03Exercise or conversion—5,440—171,540
2026-11-03Tax withholding—1,464$62.34171,827
2026-11-03Exercise or conversion—2,939—177,509
2026-11-03Tax withholding—1,509$62.34173,291
2026-11-03Exercise or conversion derivative—0$0.0012,120

The 8 most recent of 33 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 Netflix discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$15,204,122—$15,204,122
Retirement—$6,117,840—$6,117,840
Involuntary termination without cause$12,000,000$11,984,672$39,806$24,035,437
Disability—$15,204,122—$15,204,122
Change in control and involuntary termination$12,000,000$15,204,122$49,356$27,253,478
Change in control, no termination—$4,990,532—$4,990,532

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

Netflix’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Ted Sarandosco-Chief Executive Officer and President$53,905,972
Greg Petersco-Chief Executive Officer and President$53,187,307
Spencer NeumannChief Financial Officer$20,834,050
David Hyman · this pageChief Legal Officer$15,400,781
Clete WillemsChief Global Affairs Officer$14,334,095
Reed HastingsFormer Executive Chairman of the Board$1,242,113

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