Chief Legal Officer & Head of Global Affairs · Grindr Inc. (GRND)

Zachary Katz

A named executive officer of Grindr 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.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$6,083,486

FY2024: $4,789,674

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Zachary Katz compensation by year

Grindr Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Grindr reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$440,000$440,000
Bonus$276,000$221,000
Stock awards$3,722,276$5,078,186
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$330,000$330,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$21,397$14,300
Total$4,789,674$6,083,486

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Grindr Inc. DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-018315, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$4.8M
$6.1M
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU270,000$3,655,880—
RSU224,000$3,032,960—
RSU186,000$2,518,440—
PSU60,000$812,400—
RSU28,007$379,215—
PSU15,000$203,100—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

8 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 30, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-14Sale10b5-115,227$15.57633,227
2026-09-12Tax withholding10b5-131,546$15.28648,454
2026-08-17Sale10b5-110,172$15.83680,000
2026-08-03Sale10b5-112,979$17.89690,172
2026-07-16Sale10b5-110,172$15.95703,151
2026-07-01Sale10b5-112,800$16.28713,323
2026-06-29Sale10b5-112,799$14.65726,123
2026-06-17Sale10b5-110,172$13.29738,922

The 8 most recent of 8 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Grindr discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Disability$0$0$0—
Voluntary resignation$0$0$0$0
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$330,000$5,007,760$32,000—
Change in control and involuntary termination$330,000$9,557,200$32,000—
Change in control, no termination$330,000$9,557,200$32,000—
Death$0$0$0—
Change in control and resignation for good reason$0$0$0$0

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

Grindr’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
George ArisonChief Executive Officer$56,168,082
John NorthChief Financial Officer$16,188,865
Austin BalanceChief Product Officer$7,937,153
Zachary Katz · this pageChief Legal Officer & Head of Global Affairs$6,083,486
Vandana Mehta-KrantzFormer Chief Financial Officer$4,395,619

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How this record is built

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