Richard Sauer compensation by year
Workday Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held| Component | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $201,923 | $500,000 | $500,000 | $515,000 | $516,981 | $545,616 | $568,904 |
| Bonus | $346,000 | $241,000 | $298,000 | $231,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $7,323,270 | $5,535,323 | $5,134,741 | $7,970,609 | $8,323,857 | $8,058,705 | $6,894,876 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $257,500 | $265,391 | $347,350 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $35,661 | $592,875 | $9,700 | $18,302 | $15,839 | $12,440 | $12,000 |
| Total | $7,906,854 | $6,869,198 | $5,942,441 | $8,734,911 | $9,114,178 | $8,882,151 | $7,823,130 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Workday, Inc. DEF 14A filed May 5, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-055687, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the Workday, Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-055687. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 5, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2026 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSU | 28,983 | $5,090,284 | — |
| RSU | 17,880 | $3,140,264 | — |
| RSU | 13,616 | $2,391,378 | — |
| RSU | 4,132 | $725,703 | — |
| RSU | 2,263 | $397,451 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Workday, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Workday’s named executive officers, FY2026
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2026 total |
|---|---|---|
| Gerrit Kazmaier | President, Product and Technology | $28,390,724 |
| Carl Eschenbach | Former Chief Executive Officer and Director | $26,031,706 |
| Aneel Bhusri | Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chair of the Board | $19,231,325 |
| Zane Rowe | Chief Financial Officer | $11,147,080 |
| Richard Sauer · this page | Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs | $7,823,130 |
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