Chief Human Resources Officer · Freshpet, Inc. (FRPT)

Thembeka Machaba

A named executive officer of Freshpet in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,850,935

FY2024: $1,196,771

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Thembeka Machaba compensation by year

Freshpet Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Freshpet reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$360,192$401,346$426,154
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$2,343,649
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$243,090$781,625$67,132
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$5,277$13,800$14,000
Total$608,559$1,196,771$2,850,935

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Freshpet, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 27, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-017084, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$609K
$1.2M
$2.9M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU7,080$431,384—
RSU1,790$109,065—
RSU1,656$100,900—

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

Freshpet’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
William CyrChief Executive Officer$12,513,498
Scott MorrisPresident and Co-Founder$5,561,783
Nicola BatyChief Operating Officer$3,076,673
Thembeka Machaba · this pageChief Human Resources Officer$2,850,935
Todd CunferChief Financial Officer (Former)$1,299,436
Ivan GarciaChief Financial Officer (Interim)$1,028,165

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