Former Interim Chief Financial Officer · GitLab, Inc. (GTLB)

James Shen

FY2026 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for James Shen as a named executive officer of GitLab; 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.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$1,708,201

5th of 8 named executive officers at GitLab by FY2026 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 1, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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James Shen compensation by year

GitLab Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as GitLab reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2026
Salary$345,615
Bonus$60,387
Stock awards$1,290,934
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$2,001
Total$1,708,201

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: GitLab, Inc. DEF 14A filed May 1, 2026, accession 0001653482-26-000085, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the GitLab, Inc. filed document, accession 0001653482-26-000085. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 1, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU9,914$346,792—
RSU8,762$306,495—
RSU5,384$188,332—
RSU4,551$159,194—
RSU3,516$122,990—
RSU3,202$112,006—
RSU3,114$108,928—
RSU568$19,869—
RSU159$5,562—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in GitLab, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments GitLab discloses, by trigger · FY2026
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$0$0$0$0
Change in control and involuntary termination$0$0$0$0

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in GitLab, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

GitLab’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Ian StewardChief Revenue Officer$13,553,423
Brian RobinsFormer Chief Financial Officer$5,989,318
Sabrina FarmerFormer Chief Technology Officer$4,075,134
Robin SchulmanChief Legal Officer, Head of Corporate Affairs, and Corporate Secretary$3,393,625
James Shen · this pageFormer Interim Chief Financial Officer$1,708,201
William StaplesChief Executive Officer$1,047,060
Jessica RossChief Financial Officer$185,852
Sivaprasad PadisettyChief Technology Officer$30,935

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