Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairperson of the Board of Directors · Zai Lab Ltd (ZLAB)

Samantha Du

A named executive officer of Zai Lab in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2025. 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

$10,677,221

FY2024: $9,079,948

1st of 5 named executive officers at Zai Lab by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Zai Lab, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 28, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Samantha Du compensation by year

Zai Lab Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Zai Lab reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$774,305$830,000$868,500$901,048$908,730
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$6,726,276$10,529,796$1,901,226$1,674,180$3,233,729
Option awards$6,946,588$8,015,244$8,442,237$5,645,158$5,822,084
Non-equity incentive$864,000$831,600$815,882$842,393$695,178
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$4,410$5,501$14,440$17,169$17,500
Total$15,315,579$20,212,141$12,042,285$9,079,948$10,677,221

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Zai Lab Ltd DEF 14A filed April 28, 2026, accession 0001704292-26-000030, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Zai Lab Ltd filed document, accession 0001704292-26-000030. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 28, 2026.

$15.3M
$20.2M
$12.0M
$9.1M
$10.7M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU1,193,541$37,798,418—
RSU115,720$4,207,761—
RSU58,800$1,037,232—
RSU54,000$952,560—
RSU44,194$779,582—
RSU35,940$633,982—
RSU25,579$451,214—
RSU21,600$381,024—
RSU20,250$357,210—
RSU10,620$187,337—
RSU3,400$59,976—
Option17,400—$130.96

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Zai Lab Ltd's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 16 award rows shown.

Zai Lab’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Samantha Du · this pageFounder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairperson of the Board of Directors$10,677,221
Josh SmileyPresident and Chief Operating Officer$4,700,527
Rafael AmadoPresident, Head of Global Research and Development$4,010,205
F. Ty EdmondsonChief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$3,284,432
Yajing ChenChief Financial Officer$3,185,488

Board service

Zai Lab board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Zai Lab pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $400,000 in equity. As stated in Zai Lab's FY2025 proxy.

Committees

Research and Development

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