Chief Medical Officer · bluebird bio, Inc. (BLUE)

Richard Colvin

Richard Colvin, Chief Medical Officer at Bluebird Bio, Inc., received total compensation of $1344253 in fiscal year 2023. His disclosed compensation included a base salary of $489808, a cash bonus of $187425, and stock-based compensation of $652850.

A named executive officer of bluebird bio in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2023. 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, FY2023

$1,344,253

FY2022: $1,364,776

2nd of 3 named executive officers at bluebird bio by FY2023 total.

3 named officers on file for bluebird bio, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed September 26, 2024 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Richard Colvin compensation by year

bluebird bio Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as bluebird bio reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023
Salary$467,639$489,808
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$294,240$281,050
Option awards$374,297$371,800
Non-equity incentive$216,000$187,425
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$12,600$14,170
Total$1,364,776$1,344,253

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: bluebird bio, Inc. DEF 14A filed September 26, 2024, accession 0001293971-24-000049, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the bluebird bio, Inc. filed document, accession 0001293971-24-000049. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed September 26, 2024.

$1.4M
$1.3M
FY22
FY23
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU55,000$75,900—
RSU22,500$31,050—
RSU10,039$13,854—
RSU9,975$13,766—
RSU2,009$2,772—
RSU555$766—
Option43,750—$6.35
Option2,195—$14.17
Option124—$36.78
Option110,000—$5.11
Option12,580—$14.99
Option14,300—$7.80

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in bluebird bio, Inc.'s FY2023 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 FY2023 proxy (filed September 26, 2024)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2025-06-02Disposition to the issuer—4,166—0
2025-06-02Grant or award—2,500—2,500
2025-06-02Disposition to the issuer—2,500—0
2025-05-30U—3,552—4,166
2025-03-03Sale10b5-1584$3.927,610
2025-02-03Sale10b5-164$7.398,194
2025-01-06Sale10b5-119$9.248,257

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 →

bluebird bio’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
Andrew ObenshainChief Executive Officer$3,049,181
Richard Colvin · this pageChief Medical Officer$1,344,253
Thomas KlimaChief Commercial and Operating Officer$1,329,535

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