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Confluent Executive Compensation (FY24)

CFLT · Mountain View, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2024
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 13, 2025
158 figures on this page: 155 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Jay Kreps, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, received $15,105,701 in total compensation for fiscal 2024, and Kreps' total was up from the $65,000 reported for fiscal 2023. The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 67:1 for fiscal 2024, against median employee compensation of $225,146. The say-on-pay proposal drew 95.4% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 11, 2025 for fiscal 2024. The disclosed peer group includes AppFolio, Asana, Cloudflare, Datadog and Dynatrace, among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2024
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Jay Kreps
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 11, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Jay Kreps: $65,000 → $15,105,701
CEO pay ratio: 0.3:1 → 67:1

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Confluent's chief executive and what were they paid?
Jay Kreps, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, received $15,105,701 in total compensation for fiscal 2024. Kreps' total was up from the $65,000 reported for fiscal 2023.
What was Confluent's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 95.4% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 11, 2025 for fiscal 2024.
Which companies are in Confluent's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes AppFolio, Asana, Cloudflare, Datadog and Dynatrace, among others.
What is Confluent's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 67:1 for fiscal 2024, against median employee compensation of $225,146.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Chad Verbowski
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Erica Schultz
President, Field Operations
◇—◇—◇——◇
Steffan Tomlinson
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Stephanie Buscemi
Chief Marketing Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Jay Kreps
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Erica Schultz
President, Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇— not reconciled
Rohan Sivaram
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Steffan Tomlinson
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇————◇
Chad Verbowski
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Stephanie Buscemi
Chief Marketing Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Jay Kreps
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇——————◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jay Kreps
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇————◇
Rohan Sivaram
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Erica Schultz
President, Field Operations
◇—◇—◇——◇
Chad Verbowski
Former Chief Technology Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇————◇
Stephanie Buscemi
Chief Marketing 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 2024
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Chad VerbowskiRSU◇——◇——◇
Erica SchultzRSU◇——◇——◇
Jay KrepsRSU◇——◇——◇
Rohan SivaramRSU◇——◇——◇
Stephanie BuscemiRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023 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 2024 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Stephanie BuscemiOption◇—◇3/18/2031
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Chad VerbowskiRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Erica SchultzRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇12/4/2029
Rohan SivaramRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇10/28/2030
Jay KrepsRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/18/2031
Option◇—◇10/21/2028
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 2024
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Greg Schott
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Jonathan Chadwick
◇◇————◇
Alyssa Henry
◇◇————◇
Eric Vishria
◇◇————◇
Lara Caimi
◇◇————◇
Neha Narkhede
◇◇————◇
Michelangelo Volpi, Matthew Miller and Jay Kreps served on the board in fiscal 2024 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.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2024
  • AppFolio APPF
  • Asana ASAN
  • Cloudflare NET
  • Datadog DDOG
  • Dynatrace DT
  • Elastic ESTC
  • Freshworks FRSH
  • GitLab GTLB
  • HashiCorp HCP
  • MongoDB MDB
  • Okta OKTA
  • Procore Technologies PCOR
  • Samsara IOT
  • Smartsheet SMAR
  • Twilio TWLO
  • UiPath PATH
  • Zscaler ZS

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2024June 11, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 12, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 1, 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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Citations

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158 figures on this page: 155 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints.
155 cited to the filing
3 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-25-140872
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0000950170-25-057394
    2024 Director Compensation Table · 2024 Summary Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001193125-24-163499
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001193125-24-110168
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001193125-23-162662
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001193125-23-104992
    Summary Compensation Table
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Peers Confluent discloses

The companies named in CFLT's own disclosed peer group.

AppFolioAsanaCloudflareDatadogDynatraceElasticFreshworksGitLabMongoDBOktaProcore TechnologiesSamsaraTwilioUiPathZscaler

Terms on this page

Say-on-Pay VoteCEO Pay RatioMedian Employee CompensationAll companies
Cite this data
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}
}
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