Chief Financial Officer · Workday, Inc. (WDAY)

Zane Rowe

A named executive officer of Workday in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2026. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$11,147,080

FY2025: $13,456,614

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 5, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Zane Rowe compensation by year

Workday Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Workday reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$452,308$715,082$720,000
Bonus$1,000,000$1,000,000$0
Stock awards$36,759,274$11,377,159$9,959,290
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$224,384$350,533$439,603
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$657$13,841$28,187
Total$38,436,623$13,456,614$11,147,080

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Workday, Inc. DEF 14A filed May 5, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-055687, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$38.4M
$13.5M
$11.1M
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU41,865$7,352,750—
RSU30,963$5,438,032—
RSU25,243$4,433,428—
RSU5,968$1,048,160—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Workday, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

7 Form 4 lines since the FY2026 proxy (filed May 5, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-05Tax withholding—2,808$195.79285,652
2026-07-07Sale10b5-12,731$143.99289,160
2026-07-07Sale10b5-12,569$143.06291,891
2026-07-07Sale10b5-1700$144.93288,460
2026-07-05Tax withholding10b5-17,953$135.40294,460
2026-06-05Tax withholding—2,808$147.91302,413
2026-05-05Grant or award—87,291$0.00305,221

The 7 most recent of 7 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 Workday discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$720,000$15,963,647$49,072$17,164,719
Change in control and involuntary termination$720,000$30,692,991$49,072$31,894,063
Death$0$30,692,991$0$30,692,991
Disability$0$30,692,991$0$30,692,991

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

Workday’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Gerrit KazmaierPresident, Product and Technology$28,390,724
Carl EschenbachChief Executive Officer and Director$26,031,706
Aneel BhusriCo-Founder and Executive Chair$19,231,325
Zane Rowe · this pageChief Financial Officer$11,147,080
Richard SauerChief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs$7,823,130

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