Chegg Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Chegg (CHGG) executive compensation
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CHGG · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Dan Rosensweig

Latest say-on-pay support

June 12, 2026

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Data as of November 4, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 17, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

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

Dan Rosensweig, President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman, received $4,934,000 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Rosensweig's total was 105.2% higher than the $2,404,217 reported for fiscal 2024.

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

For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 75.3% support at the meeting held June 12, 2026.

Which companies are in Chegg's peer group?

Companies named in the disclosed peer group include A10 Networks, Inc., Adtalem Global Education Inc., Blackbaud, Inc., Cerence Inc. and Coursera, Inc., among others.

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
Dan Rosensweig President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairperson	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Nathan Schultz Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Andrew Brown Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
John Fillmore President of Chegg Skills	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Esther Lem Chief Marketing Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Nathan Schultz Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Dan Rosensweig President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Andrew Brown Former Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	— not reconciled
Esther Lem Former Chief Marketing Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
John Fillmore Former President of Chegg Skills Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Nathan Schultz President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
David Longo Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Dan Rosensweig Executive Chair and Co-Chairperson of Board of Directors, Former President and Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Andrew Brown Former Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇
Esther Lem Former Chief Marketing Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Dan Rosensweig President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Nathan Schultz Former President and Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
David Longo Chief Financial 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 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Dan Rosensweig	PSU	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇
David Longo	PSU	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Nathan Schultz	PSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2022, 2023, 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
Dan Rosensweig	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
David Longo	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Nathan Schultz	RSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.

Dan Rosensweig

President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman · Severance agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
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Excise tax treatment	◇

David Longo

Chief Financial Officer · Severance agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Nathan Schultz

Former President and Chief Executive Officer · Severance agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
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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
Renee Budig	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Marne Levine Lead independent director	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Marcela Martin	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Ted Schlein	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Richard Sarnoff	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Melanie Whelan	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇
John (Jed) York	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇

Nathan Schultz and Dan Rosensweig 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	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇

Disclosed peer group

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

Fiscal 2025

A10 Networks, Inc. ATEN
Adtalem Global Education Inc. symbol not shown
Blackbaud, Inc. BLKB
Cerence Inc. CRNC
Coursera, Inc. COUR
Digital Turbine, Inc. APPS
Laureate Education Inc. LAUR
LivePerson, Inc. LPSN
Perdoceo Education Corporation PRDO
PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. PWSC
Progress Software Corporation PRGS
SecureWorks Corp. SCWX
Skillsoft Corp. SKIL
Strategic Education, Inc. STRA
Stride, Inc. LRN
Udemy, Inc. UDMY
Vimeo, Inc. VMEO
Xperi Inc. XPER
Yext, Inc. YEXT
ZipRecruiter, Inc. ZIP

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	June 12, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	June 4, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	June 5, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	June 7, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	June 1, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	June 2, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	June 3, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	June 5, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	June 7, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇

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168 figures on this page: 159 cited to the filing that reported them, 9 calculated from figures it prints.

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9 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed June 17, 2026
0001364954-26-000066
0,076,087 89,870 39,580,242 2. To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2025: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
DEF 14A, filed April 28, 2026
0001364954-26-000040
2025 Director Compensation Table · Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2025 · Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 6, 2025
0001364954-25-000060
Proposal No. 4: Approval of an Amendment to the Equity Incentive Plan" of the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2025 (
DEF 14A, filed April 17, 2025
0001364954-25-000039
Summary Compensation
8-K, filed June 5, 2024
0001364954-24-000047
DEF 14A, filed April 19, 2024
0001364954-24-000028
8-K, filed June 7, 2023
0001364954-23-000090
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 2, 2022
0001364954-22-000052
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 2, 2021
0001364954-21-000051
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 3, 2020
0001364954-20-000111
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 5, 2019
0001364954-19-000138
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 7, 2018
0001364954-18-000144
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Chegg discloses

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

A10 Networks, Inc.Blackbaud, Inc.Cerence Inc.Coursera, Inc.Digital Turbine, Inc.Laureate Education Inc.LivePerson, Inc.Perdoceo Education Corporation PowerSchool Holdings, Inc.Progress Software Corporation SecureWorks Corp.Skillsoft Corp.Strategic Education, Inc.Stride, Inc.Udemy, Inc.Vimeo, Inc.Xperi Inc.Yext, Inc.ZipRecruiter, Inc.

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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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