Chief Executive Officer · Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (DNA)

Jason Kelly

A named executive officer of Ginkgo Bioworks in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 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

$5,709,049

FY2024: $1,231,000

1st of 4 named executive officers at Ginkgo Bioworks by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for Ginkgo Bioworks, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 29, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Jason Kelly compensation by year

Ginkgo Bioworks Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Ginkgo Bioworks reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$250,000$250,000$250,000$250,000$250,000$250,000
Bonus$414,841$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$9,854,097$380,479,776$0$0$0$5,454,049
Option awards$0$0$0$0$981,000$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$14,250$12,500$12,500$12,500$0$5,000
Total$10,533,188$380,742,276$262,500$262,500$1,231,000$5,709,049

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 29, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-028377, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. filed document, accession 0001628280-26-028377. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 29, 2026.

$10.5M
$380.7M
$263K
$263K
$1.2M
$5.7M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU425,898$3,539,212—
RSU48,279$401,198—
RSU9,726$80,823—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, 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 29, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-19Sale—45,682$10.14129,065
2026-10-16Exercise or conversion—25,790—174,747
2026-10-16Exercise or conversion—55,694—148,957
2026-10-16Exercise or conversion derivative—55,694—18,564
2026-10-16Exercise or conversion derivative—25,790—283,677
2026-07-28Grant or award derivative—74,258—74,258
2026-07-28Grant or award derivative—309,467—309,467

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 →

Ginkgo Bioworks’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Jason Kelly · this pageChief Executive Officer$5,709,049
Reshma ShettyPresident and Former Chief Operating Officer$3,479,364
Steven CoenChief Financial Officer$1,332,326
Mark DmytrukFormer Chief Financial Officer$386,941

Board service

Ginkgo Bioworks board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Ginkgo Bioworks pays directors a $45,000 cash retainer and $275,000 in Options. As stated in Ginkgo Bioworks's FY2025 proxy.

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