President, Americas · Mastercard Inc (MA)

Linda Kirkpatrick

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Linda Kirkpatrick as a named executive officer of Mastercard; 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, FY2025

$8,208,354

6th of 6 named executive officers at Mastercard by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Mastercard, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Linda Kirkpatrick compensation by year

Mastercard Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Mastercard reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$695,833
Bonus$0
Stock awards$4,770,581
Option awards$1,140,055
Non-equity incentive$1,531,303
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$70,582
Total$8,208,354

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Mastercard Inc DEF 14A filed April 27, 2026, accession 0001141391-26-000021, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Mastercard Inc filed document, accession 0001141391-26-000021. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 27, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU23,830$13,604,070—
RSU13,296$7,590,420—
Option2,219—$353.50
Option3,847—$476.63
Option5,911—$576.31

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Mastercard discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$2,865,938$7,798,791$39,497$12,260,529
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Disability$0$13,974,044$0$14,849,044
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,624,328$13,974,044$39,497$19,194,172
Voluntary resignation$0$0$0$0
Death$0$13,974,044$0$14,849,044

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

Mastercard’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael MiebachPresident and Chief Executive Officer$35,422,518
Sachin MehraChief Financial Officer$13,695,455
Craig VosburgChief Services Officer$12,285,713
Timothy MurphyVice Chair (formerly Chief Administrative Officer)$10,383,854
Edward McLaughlinPresident and CTO, Mastercard Technology$8,286,137
Linda Kirkpatrick · this pagePresident, Americas$8,208,354

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