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Fiscal year 2025

James Rhyu — FY2025 total compensation $21,496,095

James Rhyu is Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chair of Stride, Inc. (LRN). The company reported total compensation of $21,496,095 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,000,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$16,860,903
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$3,619,426
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$15,766
Total$21,496,095

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 Stride, Inc. filed October 24, 2025, accession 0001140361-25-039264.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chair$1,000,000$0$16,860,903$0$3,619,426$0$15,766$21,496,095
FY2024Chief Executive Officer$1,000,000$0$12,011,113$0$2,596,538$0$15,473$15,623,124
FY2023Chief Executive Officer$880,769$0$7,146,186$0$1,695,886$0$14,892$9,737,733
FY2022Chief Executive Officer$784,615$0$5,056,893$0$1,834,683$0$15,803$7,691,994
FY2021Chief Executive Officer$628,404$0$2,499,642$0$1,575,123$0$12,941$4,716,110

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Stride, Inc..

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$15,245,529
Difference from that median$6,250,567
Percentile within the disclosed peer group69th
Peers with a disclosed figure16

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Stride, Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Stride, Inc.

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
James Rhyu this pageChief Executive Officer and Executive Chair$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

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

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The company page

James Rhyu's compensation sits inside Stride, Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Stride, Inc. (LRN) compensation brief