Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer · SEMrush Holdings, Inc. (SEMR)

Oleg Shchegolev

A named executive officer of SEMrush in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2024. 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, FY2024

$8,000,762

FY2023: $4,353,345

1st of 5 named executive officers at SEMrush by FY2024 total.

5 named officers on file for SEMrush, FY2024

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The filing gives the total. SEMrush’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 17, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Oleg Shchegolev compensation by year

SEMrush Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as SEMrush reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Salary$386,846$0$0$0
Bonus—$0$0$0
Stock awards—$4,500,000$1,989,129$7,999,992
Option awards—$1,500,000$2,355,096$0
Non-equity incentive$687,888$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0$0
All other$84,190$10,359$9,120$770
Total$1,158,924$6,010,359$4,353,345$8,000,762

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: SEMrush Holdings, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 17, 2025, accession 0001628280-25-018235, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the SEMrush Holdings, Inc. filed document, accession 0001628280-25-018235. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 17, 2025.

$1.2M
$6.0M
$4.4M
$8.0M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Insider transactions since the last proxy

19 Form 4 lines since the FY2024 proxy (filed April 17, 2025)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-04-28Disposition to the issuer derivative—477,707—0
2026-04-28Disposition to the issuer derivative—238,853—0
2026-04-28Disposition to the issuer—7,167,655$12.000
2026-04-28Disposition to the issuer—3,282,040$12.000
2026-04-28Disposition to the issuer derivative—10,082,415$12.000
2026-04-28Disposition to the issuer derivative—2,000,000$12.000
2026-04-28Disposition to the issuer—26,739,320$12.000
2026-04-01Tax withholding—6,533$11.967,167,655

The 8 most recent of 19 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 →

SEMrush’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Oleg Shchegolev · this pageCo-Founder and Chief Executive Officer$8,000,762
Brian MulroyChief Financial Officer$4,367,712
Eugene LevinPresident$3,751,003
Vitalii ObishchenkoChief Operating Officer$3,659,967
Andrew WardenChief Marketing Officer$3,207,819

Board service

SEMrush board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: SEMrush pays directors a $35,000 cash retainer and $182,500 in RSUs/Options. As stated in SEMrush's FY2024 proxy.

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are SEMrush's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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