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Chime Financial Executive Compensation (FY25)

CHYM · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2025 only
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Christopher Britt
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 2, 2026
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Who is Chime Financial's chief executive and what were they paid?
Christopher Britt, Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, received $98,935,542 in total compensation for fiscal 2025.
What was Chime Financial's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders recorded 99.0% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held June 2, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Chime Financial's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Affirm Holdings, Inc., AppFolio, Inc., AppLovin Corporation, BILL Holdings, Inc. and Box, Inc., among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Christopher Britt
Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Mark Troughton
President
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Matthew Newcomb
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Adam Frankel
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
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
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Adam FrankelOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Adam FrankelRSU◇——◇——◇
Christopher BrittRSU◇——◇——◇
Christopher BrittPSU◇—◇———◇
Christopher BrittPSU◇—◇———◇
Mark TroughtonOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Mark TroughtonRSU◇——◇——◇
Mark TroughtonRSU◇——◇——◇
Mark TroughtonRSU◇——◇——◇
Mark TroughtonOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Mark TroughtonOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Matthew NewcombOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Matthew NewcombRSU◇——◇——◇
Matthew NewcombOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Matthew NewcombRSU◇——◇——◇
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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Christopher BrittRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/29/2034
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/28/2033
Option◇—◇3/29/2034
Mark TroughtonOption◇—◇3/5/2035
Option◇—◇11/28/2033
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/5/2035
Option◇—◇12/7/2035
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/6/2033
RSU◇◇——
Matthew NewcombOption◇—◇3/5/2035
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/5/2035
Option◇—◇12/24/2033
Option◇—◇2/6/2033
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Adam FrankelOption◇—◇8/31/2033
Option◇—◇3/5/2035
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇12/3/2034
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Susan Decker
◇◇————◇
James Dunne
◇◇————◇
Cynthia Marshall
◇◇————◇
James M.P. Feuille
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Shawn Carolan
◇◇————◇
Ryan King and Christopher Britt 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.
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◇
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◇
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 2025
  • Affirm Holdings, Inc. AFRM
  • AppFolio, Inc. APPF
  • AppLovin Corporation APP
  • BILL Holdings, Inc. BILL
  • Box, Inc. BOX
  • Cloudflare, Inc. NET
  • Confluent, Inc. CFLT
  • Datadog, Inc. DDOG
  • GitLab Inc. GTLB
  • Maplebear, Inc. CART
  • Okta, Inc. OKTA
  • Paycom Software, Inc. PAYC
  • Paylocity Holding Corporation PCTY
  • Pinterest, Inc. PINS
  • Robinhood Markets, Inc. HOOD
  • Roblox Corporation RBLX
  • Samsara Inc. IOT
  • SoFi Technologies, Inc. SOFI
  • Tradeweb Markets Inc. TW
  • Unity Software Inc. U
  • Upstart Holdings, Inc. UPST
  • Zillow Group, Inc. Z
  • Zscaler, Inc. ZS

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 2, 2026=◇◇◇

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166 figures on this page: 165 cited to the filing that reported them, 1 calculated from figures it prints.
165 cited to the filing
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Documents cited

  1. 0001795586-26-000042
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001795586-26-000028
    Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025 · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Year-End · Summary Compensation Table
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Peers Chime Financial discloses

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

Affirm Holdings, Inc.AppFolio, Inc.AppLovin CorporationBILL Holdings, Inc.Box, Inc.Cloudflare, Inc.Confluent, Inc.Datadog, Inc.GitLab Inc.Maplebear, Inc.Okta, Inc.Paycom Software, Inc.Paylocity Holding CorporationPinterest, Inc.Robinhood Markets, Inc.Roblox CorporationSamsara Inc.SoFi Technologies, Inc.Tradeweb Markets Inc.Unity Software Inc.Upstart Holdings, Inc.Zillow Group, Inc.Zscaler, Inc.

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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}
}
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