Chief Executive Officer · Beam Therapeutics Inc. (BEAM)

John Evans

A named executive officer of Beam Therapeutics in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 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

$5,818,525

FY2024: $6,409,631

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

5 named officers on file for Beam Therapeutics, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 17, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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John Evans compensation by year

Beam Therapeutics Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Beam Therapeutics reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$472,500$529,271$590,105$650,000$685,000$715,750$755,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$5,552,775$3,223,125$1,722,375$2,560,600$1,513,575
Option awards$1,368,453$0$7,336,628$5,163,300$3,423,499$2,615,021$2,876,754
Non-equity incentive$367,813$367,813$421,925$448,500$431,550$515,340$662,513
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$1,034$9,684$10,542$11,820$17,675$2,920$10,684
Total$2,209,800$906,768$13,911,975$9,496,745$6,280,099$6,409,631$5,818,525

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Beam Therapeutics Inc. DEF 14A filed April 17, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-161512, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Beam Therapeutics Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-161512. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 17, 2026.

$2.2M
$907K
$13.9M
$9.5M
$6.3M
$6.4M
$5.8M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU77,500$2,148,300—
RSU58,125$1,611,225—
RSU28,125$779,625—
RSU14,063$389,826—
Option2,344—$69.21
Option30,469—$43.45
Option80,730—$24.40
Option119,480—$25.92

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

16 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 17, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-16Sale10b5-125,000$23.981,047,205
2026-10-16Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-125,000$0.00155,804
2026-10-16Exercise or conversion10b5-125,000$1.031,072,205
2026-10-15Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-125,000$0.00180,804
2026-10-15Sale10b5-125,000$23.571,047,205
2026-10-15Exercise or conversion10b5-125,000$1.031,072,205
2026-06-30Exercise or conversion10b5-125,000$1.031,072,205
2026-06-30Sale10b5-123,100$34.261,049,105

The 8 most recent of 16 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 →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Beam Therapeutics discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,132,500$5,412,064$53,009$7,333,698
Change in control, no termination$0$3,459,117$0$3,459,117
Involuntary termination without cause$755,000$2,052,147$35,339$3,333,237

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Beam Therapeutics Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Beam Therapeutics’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John Evans · this pageChief Executive Officer$5,818,525
Giuseppe CiaramellaPresident$3,160,279
Amy SimonChief Medical Officer$2,802,044
Christine BellonChief Legal Officer and Secretary$1,967,177
Sravan EmanyChief Financial Officer$1,296,528

Board service

Beam Therapeutics board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Beam Therapeutics pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $385,000 in equity. As stated in Beam Therapeutics's FY2025 proxy.

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