Chief Executive Officer and President · BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. (BFAM)

Stephen Kramer

A named executive officer of BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 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

$5,303,738

FY2024: $5,154,263

1st of 4 named executive officers at Bright Horizons Family Solutions by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 20, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Stephen Kramer compensation by year

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$300,000$309,000$408,500$420,755$276,923$494,400$509,232$650,000$672,750$699,660
Bonus$150,000$154,500$255,313$262,972$348,000$358,440$369,193$471,250$487,744$507,254
Stock awards$533,956$563,491$1,354,032$538,736$2,259,271$3,009,591$1,210,814$2,624,987$2,625,024$2,625,034
Option awards$0$0$1,134,966$437,721$0$0$1,089,389$874,997$874,988$875,133
Non-equity incentive$110,700$122,673$234,377$230,889$0$358,440$73,839$299,715$487,744$588,414
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$3,057$7,000$3,133$4,504$11,433$16,435$6,424$6,865$6,013$8,243
Total$1,097,712$1,156,664$3,390,320$1,895,577$2,895,627$4,237,306$3,258,891$4,927,814$5,154,263$5,303,738

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. DEF 14A filed April 20, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-162582, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-162582. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 20, 2026.

$1.1M
$1.2M
$3.4M
$1.9M
$2.9M
$4.2M
$3.3M
$4.9M
$5.2M
$5.3M
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FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU22,439$2,275,315—
RSU15,132$1,534,385—
RSU13,440$1,362,816—
PSU11,219$1,137,607—
PSU7,566$767,192—
PSU6,720$681,408—
Option9,500—$128.81
Option8,900—$77.99
Option11,419—$115.65
Option14,863—$130.21

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

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Stephen Kramer · this pageChief Executive Officer and President$5,303,738
Mary Lou Burke AfonsoChief Operating Officer, North America Center Operations$2,005,104
Mandy BermanChief Operating Officer, Back-up Care and Educational Advisory Services$2,003,713
Elizabeth BolandChief Financial Officer$2,002,381

Board service

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS pays directors a $75,000 cash retainer and $125,000 in RSUs. As stated in BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS's FY2025 proxy.

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