Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chair · Stride, Inc. (LRN)

James Rhyu

A named executive officer of Stride in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 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

$21,496,095

FY2024: $15,623,124

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

5 named officers on file for Stride, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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James Rhyu compensation by year

Stride Summary Compensation Table · all 11 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Stride reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$486,500$500,000$500,000$495,192$572,692$628,404$784,615$880,769$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0—
Stock awards$533,140$815,840$755,967$3,654,349$1,999,974$2,499,642$5,056,893$7,146,186$12,011,113$16,860,903$20,178,768
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$510,825$458,300$618,263$517,673$817,029$1,575,123$1,834,683$1,695,886$2,596,538$3,619,426$1,271,271
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$9,719$9,048$9,549$9,211$9,546$12,941$15,803$14,892$15,473$15,766$16,293
Total$1,540,184$1,783,188$1,883,779$4,676,425$3,399,241$4,716,110$7,691,994$9,737,733$15,623,124$21,496,095$22,466,332

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Stride, Inc. DEF 14A filed October 27, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-040889, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Stride, Inc. filed document, accession 0001140361-26-040889. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed October 27, 2026.

$1.5M
$1.8M
$1.9M
$4.7M
$3.4M
$4.7M
$7.7M
$9.7M
$15.6M
$21.5M
$22.5M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU160,967$23,370,799—
PSU132,670$19,262,357—
PSU93,300$13,546,227—
PSU58,395$8,478,370—
PSU44,220$6,420,302—
PSU31,100$4,515,409—

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

Stride’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
James Rhyu · this pageChief Executive Officer$21,496,095
Donna BlackmanChief Financial Officer$6,053,327
Greerson McMullenExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$1,963,698
Vincent MathisFormer Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$1,882,666
Todd GoldthwaiteManaging Director, Portfolio Companies$1,750,280

Board service

Stride board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Stride pays directors a $70,000 cash retainer and $250,000 in RSUs. As stated in Stride's FY2025 proxy.

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