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Fiscal year 2025

Harout Semerjian — FY2025 total compensation $10,221,755

Harout Semerjian is President and Chief Executive Officer of Geron Corp (GERN). The company reported total compensation of $10,221,755 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$321,538
Bonus$0
Stock awards$0
Option awards$9,695,400
Non-equity incentive plan$203,000
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$1,817
Total$10,221,755

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure Geron Corp filed April 7, 2026, accession 0000886744-26-000024.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$8,210,775
Difference from that median$2,010,980
Percentile within the disclosed peer group71st
Peers with a disclosed figure6

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Geron Corp discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Geron Corp

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Harout Semerjian this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$10,221,755
John ScarlettFormer Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer$7,422,754
Andrew GrethleinFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer$3,316,444
Ahmed ElNawawiExecutive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer$2,881,334
James ZieglerFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer$2,392,709
Michelle RobertsonExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Interim Secretary$2,250,082
Joseph EidExecutive Vice President, Research and Development, Chief Medical Officer$1,001,052
Dawn BirFormer Interim President and Chief Executive Officer$522,122

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Geron Corp compensation brief.

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The company page

Harout Semerjian's compensation sits inside Geron Corp's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Geron Corp (GERN) compensation brief