Specialty Finance
Affirm Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)
AFRM · San Francisco, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): December 18, 2025
235 figures on this page: 232 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Max Levchin, Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, received $538,307 in total compensation for fiscal 2025, and Levchin's total moved 3.5% higher from the $519,920 reported for fiscal 2024. For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 1.7:1, against median employee compensation of $308,800. The say-on-pay proposal drew 96.8% support at the meeting held December 15, 2025 for fiscal 2025. The disclosed peer group names Bill.com Holdings, Block, Box, Dropbox and HubSpot, among others.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Max Levchin: $519,920 → $538,307 (3.5% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Affirm Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?
Max Levchin, Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, received $538,307 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Levchin's total moved 3.5% higher from the $519,920 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Affirm Holdings' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 96.8% support at the meeting held December 15, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Affirm Holdings' peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Bill.com Holdings, Block, Box, Dropbox and HubSpot, among others.
What is Affirm Holdings' chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 1.7:1, against median employee compensation of $308,800.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Katherine Adkins Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Libor Michalek President | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Michael Linford Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Max Levchin CEO | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Linford Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Libor Michalek President | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Katherine Adkins Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Max Levchin CEO | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Linford Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Libor Michalek President and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Katherine Adkins Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Max Levchin Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Linford Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Libor Michalek President and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Rob O'Hare Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Katherine Adkins Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Max Levchin Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Adkins | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Katherine Adkins | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Libor Michalek | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Libor Michalek | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael Linford | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael Linford | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Rob O’Hare | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Rob O’Hare | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Rob O’Hare | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Rob O’Hare | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob O’Hare | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 11/12/34 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/16/32 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/16/34 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/13/33 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 7/1/32 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/13/31 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/2/32 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Michael Linford | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/16/32 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/13/31 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/13/33 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/16/34 | |
| Libor Michalek | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/13/31 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/16/34 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/13/33 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/16/32 | |
| Max Levchin | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Katherine Adkins | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/22/32 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/16/34 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/4/32 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/13/33 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 9/16/32 |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian D. Hughes | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Christa S. Quarles Lead independent director | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Noel Watson | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jeremy Liew | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Manolo Sánchez | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jacqueline D. Reses | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Keith Rabois, Max Levchin, Libor Michalek and Richard Galanti served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Lead independent director premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x annual retainer ($225,000)
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Bill.com Holdings BILL
- Block XYZ
- Box BOX
- Dropbox DBX
- HubSpot HUBS
- MarketAxess Holdings MKTX
- MongoDB MDB
- Okta OKTA
- Opendoor OPEN
- Paycom Software PAYC
- Paylocity Holding PCTY
- Shopify SHOP
- SoFi Technologies SOFI
- Tradeweb Markets TW
- Twilio TWLO
- Upstart Holdings UPST
- WEX WEX
- Zscaler ZS
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 15, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | December 9, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | December 4, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Affirm Holdings disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Affirm Holdings sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
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235 figures on this page: 232 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints.
232 cited to the filing
3 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001628280-25-057930Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-25-046264CEO Pay Ratio · Fiscal 2025 Director Compensation Table · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Non-Employee Director Compensation · and 2 more sections
- 0001820953-24-000063Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001820953-24-000049Summary Compensation Table
- 0001820953-23-000029Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001820953-22-000037Fiscal 2022 Summary Compensation Table
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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}