Chief Executive Officer · Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED)

Jonathan Shar

A named executive officer of Barnes & Noble Education in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2026. 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

$795,540

FY2025: $4,231,272

1st of 3 named executive officers at Barnes & Noble Education by FY2026 total.

3 named officers on file for Barnes & Noble Education, FY2026

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed August 12, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Jonathan Shar compensation by year

Barnes & Noble Education Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Barnes & Noble Education reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$304,616$400,000$526,923$550,000$550,000$550,000$571,154$594,231
Bonus$150,000$0$0$0$150,000$600,000$200,000$200,000
Stock awards$171,697$209,998$447,073$500,008$109,261$0$3,458,400$0
Option awards$0$0$310,355$568,910$118,477$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$200,000$30,000$160,000$0————
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$5,458$12,670$1,778$8,277$12,593$8,097$1,718$1,310
Total$831,771$652,668$1,446,129$1,627,195$940,331$1,158,097$4,231,272$795,540

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. DEF 14A filed August 12, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-032503, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. filed document, accession 0001140361-26-032503. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed August 12, 2026.

$832K
$653K
$1.4M
$1.6M
$940K
$1.2M
$4.2M
$796K
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU360,000$3,697,200—
RSU428$1,330—
RSU396$1,080—

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

Barnes & Noble Education’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Jonathan Shar · this pageChief Executive Officer$795,540
Christopher NeumannExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$481,310
Jason SnaguskyExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$401,310

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