Chief Executive Officer and Director · ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (RCKT)

Gaurav Shah

A named executive officer of ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 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

$3,510,241

FY2024: $6,841,407

2nd of 3 named executive officers at Rocket Pharmaceuticals by FY2025 total.

3 named officers on file for ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 6, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Gaurav Shah compensation by year

ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$413,735$480,000$540,000$590,000$598,333$625,000$635,880$671,076
Bonus$300,940$349,140$486,000$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$0$1,814,989$2,330,993$1,997,976$806,751
Option awards$5,651,220$3,043,306$5,821,735$6,998,550$3,684,991$4,668,994$4,001,997$1,613,377
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$318,600$434,390$375,000$190,764$403,048
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$9,857$11,200$11,400$11,600$20,500$13,566$14,790$15,988
Total$6,375,752$3,883,646$6,859,135$7,918,750$6,553,203$8,013,553$6,841,407$3,510,241

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. DEF 14A filed April 6, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-013335, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. filed document, accession 0001140361-26-013335. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 6, 2026.

$6.4M
$3.9M
$6.9M
$7.9M
$6.6M
$8.0M
$6.8M
$3.5M
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU118,954$417,529—
Option243,345—$9.88
Option29,021—$20.04
Option81,739—$30.01

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

7 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 6, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-18Sale—2,293$3.381,056,594
2026-08-13Sale—2,837$3.381,058,887
2026-05-21Sale—55,684$3.091,061,724
2026-05-21Exercise or conversion derivative—76,490$1.690
2026-05-21Exercise or conversion—76,490$1.691,117,408
2026-05-19Sale—2,409$3.011,040,918
2026-05-13Sale—2,728$3.611,043,327

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 →

ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Christopher StevensChief Operating Officer$3,555,467
Gaurav Shah · this pageChief Executive Officer and Director$3,510,241
Martin WilsonGeneral Counsel and Chief Corporate Officer, Senior Vice President, Interim Principal Financial Officer$3,397,880

Board service

ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS pays directors a $40,000 cash retainer and $360,000 in equity. As stated in ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS's FY2025 proxy.

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