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Clearwater Analytics Holdings Executive Compensation (FY24)
CWAN · Boise, ID · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2024
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): April 29, 2025
197 figures on this page, cited to the filing that reported them. See the citations
Total compensation for Sandeep Sahai, Chief Executive Officer and Director, came to $11,123,831 in fiscal 2024, and Sahai's total moved 65.6% lower from the $32,300,214 reported for fiscal 2023. For fiscal 2024, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 131:1, against median employee compensation of $84,713. The disclosed peer group includes Alkami Technology, Inc., AppFolio, Inc., Asana, Inc., BlackLine, Inc. and Braze, Inc., among others. For fiscal 2024, the company reported 5 named executive officers.
What changed from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Sandeep Sahai: $32,300,214 → $11,123,831 (65.6% lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Clearwater Analytics Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Sandeep Sahai, Chief Executive Officer and Director, came to $11,123,831 in fiscal 2024. Sahai's total moved 65.6% lower from the $32,300,214 reported for fiscal 2023.
Which companies are in Clearwater Analytics Holdings' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Alkami Technology, Inc., AppFolio, Inc., Asana, Inc., BlackLine, Inc. and Braze, Inc., among others.
What is Clearwater Analytics Holdings' chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2024, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 131:1, against median employee compensation of $84,713.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Souvik Das Chief Technology Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sandeep Sahai Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jim Cox Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Scott Erickson President, Americas and Asia | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sandeep Sahai Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jim Cox Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Souvik Das Chief Technology Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Scott Erickson Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Subi Sethi Chief Client Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sandeep Sahai Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Subi Sethi Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Souvik Das Chief Technology Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jim Cox Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Scott Erickson Chief Revenue 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 2024
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Cox | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Jim Cox | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Sandeep Sahai | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Sandeep Sahai | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Scott Erickson | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Scott Erickson | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Souvik Das | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Souvik Das | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Subi Sethi | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Subi Sethi | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
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 2024 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subi Sethi | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/8/2031 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/2/2030 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/21/2030 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Souvik Das | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 8/2/2031 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Sandeep Sahai | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/8/2031 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/21/2030 | |
| Jim Cox | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/8/2031 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/21/2030 | |
| Scott Erickson | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/21/2030 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/8/2031 |
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 2024
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kathleen A. Corbet | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Lisa Jones | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jacques Aigrain | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jaswinder Pal Singh | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Andrew Young, D. Scott Mackesy, Sandeep Sahai, Cary Davis, Christopher Hooper and Eric Lee served on the board in fiscal 2024 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 | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: Executive and Director Stock Ownership Guidelines referenced on page 32, but specific requirement details not included in the provided text excerpt.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2024
- Alkami Technology, Inc. ALKT
- AppFolio, Inc. APPF
- Asana, Inc. ASAN
- BlackLine, Inc. BL
- Braze, Inc. BRZE
- C3.ai, Inc. AI
- CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. CCC
- Confluent, Inc. CFLT
- DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. DV
- Everbridge, Inc. EVBG
- Guidewire Software, Inc. GWRE
- JFrog Ltd. FROG
- nCino, Inc. NCNO
- PagerDuty, Inc. PD
- Paylocity Holding Corporation PCTY
- Q2 Holdings, Inc. QTWO
- Smartsheet, Inc. SMAR
- Sprout Social, Inc. SPT
- Varonis Systems, Inc. VRNS
- Vertex, Inc. VERX
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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Peer benchmarking
Where Clearwater Analytics Holdings sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
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Documents cited
- 0001628280-25-0206602024 Summary Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 1 more section
- 0001628280-24-0188002023 Summary Compensation Table · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TABLES
- 0001193125-23-1241252022 Summary Compensation Table
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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}
}