Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer · RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (RYTM)

David Meeker

A named executive officer of RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 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

$17,544,525

FY2024: $14,663,742

1st of 5 named executive officers at Rhythm Pharmaceuticals by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 29, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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David Meeker compensation by year

RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$262,308$630,000$652,050$704,715$740,472$807,692
Bonus$0$0$0——$0
Stock awards$918,500$1,164,842$0$1,545,275$4,382,955$8,274,785
Option awards$12,844,897$4,204,200$2,157,300$4,334,521$8,784,115$7,688,560
Non-equity incentive$207,958$450,954$505,420$634,053$744,135$759,488
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0——$0
All other$43,704$8,364$10,988$11,893$12,065$14,000
Total$14,277,367$6,458,360$3,325,758$7,230,457$14,663,742$17,544,525

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. DEF 14A filed April 29, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-028375, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. filed document, accession 0001628280-26-028375. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 29, 2026.

$14.3M
$6.5M
$3.3M
$7.2M
$14.7M
$17.5M
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
RSU133,350$14,273,784—
RSU63,750$6,823,800—
RSU43,330$4,638,043—
RSU28,250$3,023,880—
Option162,500—$56.69
Option65,430—$6.05
Option10,000—$34.89
Option15,000—$22.93
Option18,500—$21.37
Option900,000—$22.53
Option31,875—$6.80
Option220,000—$30.66

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 14 award rows shown.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

7 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 29, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-14Sale10b5-12,300$105.19239,258
2026-09-14Sale10b5-18,698$103.43243,375
2026-09-14Sale10b5-16,439$101.75282,819
2026-09-14Exercise or conversion10b5-150,000$6.05289,258
2026-09-14Sale10b5-130,746$102.35252,073
2026-09-14Sale10b5-11,817$104.55241,558
2026-09-14Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-150,000$0.0015,431

The 7 most recent of 7 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 →

RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
David Meeker · this pageChairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer$17,544,525
Hunter SmithChief Financial Officer and Treasurer$6,228,429
Yann MazabraudExecutive Vice President, Head of International$6,118,455
Jennifer LeeExecutive Vice President, Head of North America$5,602,816
Alastair GarfieldChief Scientific Officer$4,427,024

Board service

RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer. As stated in RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS's FY2025 proxy.

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