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Braze Executive Compensation (FY26)

Name: Braze (BRZE) executive compensation
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BRZE · New York, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026

Chief executive, fiscal 2026

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William Magnuson

Latest say-on-pay support

June 30, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of October 22, 2026Latest filing (8-K): July 2, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Braze's chief executive and what were they paid?

William Magnuson was paid $14,230,598 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2026. Magnuson's total was 28.8% higher than the $11,046,877 reported for fiscal 2025.

What was Braze's say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2026, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 73.7% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 30, 2026.

Which companies are in Braze's peer group?

The disclosed peer group includes Amplitude, AppFolio, Asana, BlackLine and C3.ai, among others.

What is Braze's chief executive pay ratio?

The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 87:1 for fiscal 2026, against median employee compensation of $164,000.

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
William Magnuson Chief Executive Officer and Chairman	◇	—	—	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Myles Kleeger President and Chief Commercial Officer	◇	—	—	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Jonathan Hyman Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	—	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Isabelle Winkles Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	—	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Susan Wiseman General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	—	◇	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
William Magnuson Chief Executive Officer and Chairman	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Myles Kleeger President and Chief Commercial Officer	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Isabelle Winkles Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jonathan Hyman Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Susan Wiseman General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
William Magnuson Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Myles Kleeger President and Chief Customer Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Isabelle Winkles Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jonathan Hyman Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Susan Wiseman General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
William Magnuson Chief Executive Officer and Chairman	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Isabelle Winkles Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Myles Kleeger President and Chief Commercial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jonathan Hyman Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Susan Wiseman General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2026

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
William Magnuson Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Edward McDonnell Chief Revenue Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Isabelle Winkles Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Astha Malik Chief Business Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jonathan Hyman Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

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 2026

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Astha Malik	PSU	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Astha Malik	PSU	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	◇
Edward McDonnell	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Isabelle Winkles	PSU	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	◇
Isabelle Winkles	PSU	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Jonathan Hyman	PSU	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	◇
Jonathan Hyman	PSU	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇
William Magnuson	PSU	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇
William Magnuson	PSU	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	◇

Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 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 2026 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Jonathan Hyman	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	4/19/2031
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Astha Malik	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Edward McDonnell	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
William Magnuson	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	4/19/2031
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Isabelle Winkles	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	4/19/2031
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—

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 2026

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Phillip M. Fernandez Lead independent director	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
David Obstler	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Tara Walpert Levy	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Yvonne Wassenaar	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Fernando Machado	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Neeraj Agrawal	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

William Magnuson served on the board in fiscal 2026 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	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Lead independent director premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Compensation committee member	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇
Nominating and governance member	◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2026

Amplitude AMPL
AppFolio APPF
Asana ASAN
BlackLine BL
C3.ai AI
Confluent CFLT
DoubleVerify Holdings DV
GitLab GTLB
JFrog FROG
nCino NCNO
PagerDuty PD
Procore Technologies PCOR
Samsara IOT
Semrush Holdings SEMR
Smartsheet SMAR
Sprinklr CXM
Sprout Social SPT
Varonis Systems VRNS
Workiva WK

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2026	June 30, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2025	June 26, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	June 27, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	June 29, 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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- William Magnuson (Chief Executive Officer), FY2026 total compensation $14,230,598 (base salary $580,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001140361-26-021908, filed 2026-05-18]

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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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245 figures on this page: 241 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.

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4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed July 2, 2026
0001676238-26-000033
Proposal 2 — Approval, on a Non-Binding, Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compen
DEF 14A, filed May 18, 2026
0001140361-26-021908
CEO Pay Ratio · NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Outstanding Equity Awards as of January 31, 2026 · Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 27, 2025
0001676238-25-000088
Proposal 2 — Approval, on a Non-Binding, Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers The Company’s s tockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of t
DEF 14A, filed May 15, 2025
0001140361-25-019268
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed July 2, 2024
0001676238-24-000127
DEF 14A, filed May 14, 2024
0001140361-24-025963
8-K, filed July 5, 2023
0001676238-23-000083
DEF 14A, filed May 17, 2023
0001140361-23-025261
Summary Compensation Table

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Peers Braze discloses

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Amplitude AppFolio Asana BlackLine C3.ai Confluent DoubleVerify Holdings GitLab JFrog nCino PagerDuty Procore Technologies Samsara Semrush Holdings Smartsheet Sprinklr Sprout Social Varonis Systems Workiva

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@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}
}

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