President and Chief Strategy Officer · Salesforce, Inc. (CRM)

David Schmaier

FY2026 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for David Schmaier as a named executive officer of Salesforce; the record below is that year, complete. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$15,193,161

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 16, 2026 (DEF 14A).

David Schmaier compensation by year

Salesforce Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Salesforce reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2026
Salary$1,000,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$11,030,269
Option awards$1,865,142
Non-equity incentive$1,291,250
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$6,500
Total$15,193,161

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Salesforce, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001108524-26-000085, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU20,344$4,318,828—
PSU13,562$2,879,077—
RSU11,424$2,425,201—
PSU9,368$1,988,733—
RSU8,843$1,877,280—
PSU6,782$1,439,751—
PSU6,245$1,325,751—
PSU4,614$979,506—
PSU3,122$662,769—
RSU2,584$548,557—
PSU2,307$489,753—
RSU2,099$445,597—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Salesforce, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 15 award rows shown.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Salesforce discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control, no termination—$3,794,896—$3,794,896
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,375,000$15,107,618$47,940$18,530,558
Death—$5,000,000—$5,000,000

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

Salesforce’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Marc BenioffChair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$49,379,252
Robin WashingtonPresident and Chief Operating and Financial Officer$28,445,699
Srinivas TallapragadaPresident and Chief Engineering and Customer Success Officer$20,580,778
Miguel MilanoPresident and Chief Revenue Officer$18,701,481
David Schmaier · this pagePresident and Chief Strategy Officer$15,193,161
Parker HarrisCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Slack$14,547,253
Amy WeaverFormer President and Chief Financial Officer$1,230,063

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are Salesforce's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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