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Coinbase Global Executive Compensation (FY25)

COIN · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Brian Armstrong
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 18, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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Chief executive total compensation — Brian Armstrong: $7,235,090 → $9,713,000 (34.2% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 22:1 → 45:1 (104.5% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Coinbase Global's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Brian Armstrong, Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chief Executive Officer, came to $9,713,000 in fiscal 2025. Compared with the $7,235,090 reported for fiscal 2024, Armstrong's total was 34.2% higher.
What was Coinbase Global's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 97.7% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 18, 2025 for fiscal 2024.
Which companies are in Coinbase Global's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Airbnb, Block, DocuSign, DoorDash and eBay, among others.
What is Coinbase Global's chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 45:1, against median employee compensation of $217,526.

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
Emilie Choi
President & Chief Operating Officer
◇◇◇◇——◇◇
Surojit Chatterjee
Former Chief Product Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇◇——◇◇
Alesia Haas
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Paul Grewal
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Brian Armstrong
Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chief Executive Officer
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Emilie Choi
President & Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Lawrence Brock
Chief People Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Paul Grewal
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Brian Armstrong
Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chief Executive Officer
◇—————◇◇
Alesia Haas
Chief Financial Officer
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Emilie Choi
President & Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Alesia Haas
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Lawrence Brock
Chief People Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Paul Grewal
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
◇—◇———◇◇
Brian Armstrong
Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chief Executive Officer
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Emilie Choi
President & Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Paul Grewal
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
◇—◇———◇◇
Alesia Haas
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Lawrence Brock
Chief People Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Brian Armstrong
Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chief Executive 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
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Alesia HaasRSU◇——◇——◇
Emilie ChoiRSU◇——◇——◇
Lawrence BrockRSU◇——◇——◇
Paul GrewalRSU◇——◇——◇
Paul GrewalRSU◇——◇——◇
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
Alesia HaasRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Lawrence BrockRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Emilie ChoiRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Paul GrewalRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Brian ArmstrongOption◇—◇8/10/2030
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.
Alesia Haas
Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Brian Armstrong
Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chief Executive Officer · Employment agreement
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Lawrence Brock
Chief People Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Paul Grewal
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
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
Kelly A. Kramer
◇◇————◇
Gokul Rajaram
◇◇————◇
Paul Clement
—◇————◇
Christa Davies
—◇————◇
Frederick Ernest Ehrsam III
—◇————◇
Marc L. Andreessen
—◇————◇
Chris Lehane
—◇————◇
Tobias Lütke
—◇————◇
Fred Wilson and Brian Armstrong 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 equity 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.
Stock ownership guideline: To further align the interests of our non-employee directors with those of our shareholders, our Board of Directors has adopted stock ownership guidelines applicable to our non-employee directors.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Airbnb ABNB
  • Block XYZ
  • DocuSign DOCU
  • DoorDash DASH
  • eBay EBAY
  • Intuit INTU
  • Netflix NFLX
  • Palo Alto Networks PANW
  • PayPal Holdings PYPL
  • Pinterest PINS
  • Robinhood HOOD
  • Salesforce CRM
  • Shopify SHOP
  • Snap SNAP
  • Snowflake SNOW
  • The Trade Desk TTD
  • Twilio TWLO
  • Uber Technologies UBER
  • Workday WDAY
  • Zoom GTM

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2024June 18, 2025=◇◇◇
2021June 1, 2022=◇◇◇

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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181 figures on this page: 179 cited to the filing that reported them, 2 calculated from figures it prints.
179 cited to the filing
2 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001679788-26-000045
    CEO PAY RATIO · COMPENSATION TABLES · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Grants of Plan-Based Awards
  2. 0001679788-25-000138
    Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers.
  3. 0001679788-24-000080
    COMPENSATION TABLES
  4. 0001679788-23-000065
    2022 Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001679788-22-000069
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001628280-21-003168
    Employment Agreement
  7. 0001679788-25-000070
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis
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Peers Coinbase Global discloses

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

AirbnbBlockDocuSignDoorDasheBayIntuitNetflixPalo Alto NetworksPayPal HoldingsPinterestRobinhoodSalesforceShopifySnapSnowflakeThe Trade DeskTwilioUber TechnologiesWorkdayZoom

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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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