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Copart Executive Compensation (FY25)

CPRT · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Jeffrey Liaw
Latest say-on-pay support
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December 5, 2025

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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Jeffrey Liaw: $2,092,340 → $2,072,692 (0.9% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 95.7% → 92.4% (3.3 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Copart's chief executive and what were they paid?
Jeffrey Liaw, Chief Executive Officer, received $2,072,692 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $2,092,340 reported for fiscal 2024, Liaw's total was 0.9% lower.
What was Copart's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 92.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held December 5, 2025.
Which companies are in Copart's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes ANSYS, Inc., Atlassian Corp., Cadence Design Systems, Inc., CarMax, Inc. and Carvana Co., among others.

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
Jeffrey Liaw
Chief Executive Officer; Previously Co-Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇— not reconciled
John North
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—————◇◇
A. Jayson Adair
Executive Chairman; Previously Co-Chief Executive Officer
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Leah Stearns
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Jeffrey Liaw
Chief Executive Officer
◇———◇—◇◇
Gavin Renfrew
Former Interim Principal Financial Officer, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇————◇
John North
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Jayson Adair
Executive Chairman
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Leah Stearns
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇——◇◇—◇◇
Jeffrey Liaw
Chief Executive Officer
◇———◇—◇◇
Jayson Adair
Executive Chairman
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jeffrey Liaw
Chief Executive Officer
◇———◇—◇◇
Leah Stearns
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇———◇—◇◇
Jayson Adair
Executive Chairman
◇—————◇◇
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
Leah C. StearnsOPTION◇————◇◇
Leah C. StearnsOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Fiscal 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 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Leah StearnsRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/24/2033
Option◇—◇12/5/2032
Jeffrey LiawRSU◇◇——
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
Willis J. Johnson
Board chair
◇◇———◇◇
Diane M. Morefield
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Daniel J. Englander
◇◇————◇
Steven D. Cohan
◇◇————◇
Matt Blunt
◇◇————◇
Thomas N. Tryforos
◇◇————◇
Carl D. Sparks
◇◇————◇
Cherylyn Harley LeBon
◇◇————◇
Stephen Fisher
◇◇————◇
James E. Meeks
◇◇————◇
Jeffrey Liaw and A. Jayson Adair 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◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Equity is delivered as Options.
Stock ownership guideline: We maintain director and executive officer stock ownership guidelines

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • ANSYS, Inc. ANSS
  • Atlassian Corp. TEAM
  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. CDNS
  • CarMax, Inc. KMX
  • Carvana Co. CVNA
  • CoStar Group, Inc. CSGP
  • Digital Realty Trust, Inc. DLR
  • eBay Inc. EBAY
  • Equinix, Inc. EQIX
  • Fair Isaac Corporation FICO
  • Fortinet, Inc. FTNT
  • Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ISRG
  • RB Global, Inc. RBA
  • ServiceNow, Inc. NOW
  • Shopify Inc. SHOP
  • Snowflake Inc. SNOW
  • Synopsys, Inc. SNPS
  • The Trade Desk, Inc. TTD
  • Tyler Technologies, Inc. TYL
  • Workday, Inc. WDAY
  • Zillow Group, Inc. ZG

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025December 5, 2025=◇◇◇
2024December 6, 2024=◇◇◇
2023December 8, 2023=◇◇◇
2022December 2, 2022=◇◇◇
2021December 3, 2021=◇◇◇
2020December 4, 2020=◇◇◇
2019December 6, 2019=◇◇◇
2018December 17, 2018=◇◇◇
2017December 8, 2017=◇◇◇
2016December 16, 2016=◇◇◇
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Citations

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146 figures on this page: 136 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
136 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-25-315830
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-25-249664
    Fiscal 2025 Director Compensation · Fiscal Year 2025 Summary Compensation Table · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year End
  3. 0001628280-24-050959
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001193125-24-242623
    Fiscal Year 2024 Summary Compensation Table · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2024
  5. 0001628280-23-041601
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001193125-23-263822
    Fiscal Year 2023 Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001628280-22-031615
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0000900075-22-000052
    Fiscal Year 2022 Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0000900075-21-000041
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001628280-20-017343
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001628280-19-015002
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001628280-18-015349
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  13. 0000900075-17-000068
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  14. 0000900075-16-000136
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Copart discloses

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

ANSYS, Inc.Atlassian Corp.Cadence Design Systems, Inc.CarMax, Inc.Carvana Co.CoStar Group, Inc.Digital Realty Trust, Inc.eBay Inc.Equinix, Inc.Fair Isaac CorporationFortinet, Inc.Intuitive Surgical, Inc.RB Global, Inc.ServiceNow, Inc.Shopify Inc.Snowflake Inc.Synopsys, Inc.The Trade Desk, Inc.Tyler Technologies, Inc.Workday, 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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