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Clarivate Executive Compensation (FY25)

CLVT · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Matti Shem Tov
Median of the other named officers
$3,720,599
6 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 14, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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Chief executive total compensation — Matti Shem Tov: $4,844,251 → $8,350,984 (72.4% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 226:1 → 180:1 (20.4% lower)

Frequently asked questions

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Who is Clarivate's chief executive and what were they paid?
Matti Shem Tov was paid $8,350,984 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Shem Tov's total was 72.4% higher than the $4,844,251 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Clarivate's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 93.1% support at the meeting held May 14, 2026.
Which companies are in Clarivate's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include ACI Worldwide, Inc., Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc., Envestnet, Inc., Equifax, Inc. and ExlService Holdings, Inc., among others.
What is Clarivate's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 180:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $46,275.

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
Jonathan Gear
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jerre Stead
Former Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jonathan Collins
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Gordon Samson
Chief Product Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Steen Lomholt-Thomsen
Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Stefano Maestri
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jonathan Gear
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bar Veinstein
President, Academia and Government
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Henry Levy
President, Life Sciences and Healthcare
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jonathan Collins
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Matti Tov
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gordon Samson
President, Intellectual Property
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jonathan Gear
Former Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jonathan Collins
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Matti Shem Tov
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bar Veinstein
President, Academia & Government
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gordon Samson
Former President, Intellectual Property
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Henry Levy
President, Life Sciences & Healthcare
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Matti Shem Tov
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jonathan Collins
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gordon Samson
Former President, Intellectual Property
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Melanie Margolin
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative and Legal Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bar Veinstein
President, Academia & Government
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Henry Levy
President, Life Sciences & Healthcare
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Maroun Mourad
President, Intellectual Property
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
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
Bar VeinsteinPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Bar VeinsteinRSU◇——◇——◇
Gordon SamsonRSU◇——◇——◇
Gordon SamsonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Gordon SamsonPSU◇—————◇
Henry LevyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Henry LevyRSU◇——◇——◇
Jonathan CollinsRSU◇——◇——◇
Jonathan CollinsPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Maroun MouradRSU◇——◇——◇
Matti Shem TovRSU◇——◇——◇
Matti Shem TovPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Melanie MargolinPSU◇—————◇
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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Henry LevyRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Jonathan CollinsPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Matti Shem TovRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Bar VeinsteinRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Maroun MouradPSU◇◇——
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.
Bar Veinstein
President, Academia & Government · Severance agreement · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Gordon Samson
Former President, Intellectual Property · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Henry Levy
President, Life Sciences & Healthcare · Severance agreement · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Jonathan Collins
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Maroun Mourad
President, Intellectual Property · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Matti Shem Tov
Chief Executive Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Melanie Margolin
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative and Legal Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Andrew Snyder
Board chair
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Jane Okun Bomba
◇◇————◇
Valeria Alberola
◇◇————◇
Wendell Pritchett
◇◇————◇
Suzanne Heywood
◇◇————◇
Saurabh Saha
◇◇————◇
Kenneth Cornick
◇◇————◇
Michael Angelakis
◇—————◇
Anthony Munk, Matti Shem Tov, Usama N. Cortas, Adam T. Levyn and Richard W. Roedel 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◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 5 times annual retainer

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • ACI Worldwide, Inc. ACIW
  • Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. DNB
  • Envestnet, Inc. ENV
  • Equifax, Inc. EFX
  • ExlService Holdings, Inc. EXLS
  • FactSet Research Systems Inc. FDS
  • Fair Isaac Corporation FICO
  • Gartner, Inc. IT
  • ICON plc ICLR
  • Informa plc symbol not shown
  • Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. JKHY
  • Moody's Corporation MCO
  • Morningstar, Inc. MORN
  • MSCI Inc. MSCI
  • SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. SSNC
  • Teradata Corporation TDC
  • TransUnion TRU
  • Verisk Analytics, Inc. VRSK
  • Wolters Kluwer N.V. symbol not shown

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 14, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 7, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 7, 2024=◇◇◇
2021May 5, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 6, 2021=◇◇◇

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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303 figures on this page: 298 cited to the filing that reported them, 5 calculated from figures it prints.
298 cited to the filing
5 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001764046-26-000073
    Proposal 2: Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation Shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
  2. 0001764046-26-000046
    CEO Pay Ratio · CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS · Director Compensation · Non-Employee Director Compensation in · and 3 more sections
  3. 0001104659-25-047349
    Proposal 2: Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation Shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
  4. 0001104659-25-029072
    2024 Summary Compensation Table · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Executive Compensation Tables
  5. 0001104659-24-059939
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001104659-24-038502
    Executive Compensation Tables
  7. 0001104659-23-036093
    2022 Summary Compensation Table
  8. 0001104659-22-058827
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001764046-21-000123
  10. 0001764046-21-000097
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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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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