Chief Commercial Officer · Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc (SNDX)

Steve Closter

A named executive officer of Syndax Pharmaceuticals in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 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

$2,125,887

FY2024: $3,557,137

5th of 5 named executive officers at Syndax Pharmaceuticals by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Syndax Pharmaceuticals, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Steve Closter compensation by year

Syndax Pharmaceuticals Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Syndax Pharmaceuticals reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$364,167$485,300
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$745,280$496,359
Option awards$2,222,927$806,650
Non-equity incentive$214,763$327,578
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$10,000$10,000
Total$3,557,137$2,125,887

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-197859, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc filed document, accession 0001193125-26-197859. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$3.6M
$2.1M
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU23,400$491,634—
PSU16,667$350,174—
RSU13,500$283,635—
RSU6,000$126,060—
Option67,292—$14.65
Option84,375—$21.92

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Syndax Pharmaceuticals discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$363,975$889,417$15,897$1,269,289
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,055,528$2,036,440$31,793$3,123,761

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Syndax Pharmaceuticals’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael MetzgerChief Executive Officer$7,089,213
Nick BotwoodHead of Research and Development, Chief Medical Officer$2,879,099
Keith GoldanChief Financial Officer$2,470,802
Luke AlbrechtGeneral Counsel and Secretary$2,331,617
Steve Closter · this pageChief Commercial Officer$2,125,887

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