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Flywire Executive Compensation (FY25)

FLYW · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 5, 2026
204 figures on this page: 200 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Total compensation for Michael Massaro, Chief Executive Officer and Director, came to $8,803,495 in fiscal 2025, and compared with the $9,998,817 reported for fiscal 2024, Massaro's total was 12.0% lower. Meanwhile, for fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 81.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 2, 2026. Separately, the disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 68:1, against median employee compensation of $130,407, and companies named in the disclosed peer group include AvidXchange, Bill Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, JFrog and Lightspeed Commerce, among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Michael Massaro
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 2, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Michael Massaro: $9,998,817 → $8,803,495 (12.0% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 79.1% → 81.6% (2.5 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 82:1 → 68:1 (17.1% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Flywire's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Michael Massaro, Chief Executive Officer and Director, came to $8,803,495 in fiscal 2025. Compared with the $9,998,817 reported for fiscal 2024, Massaro's total was 12.0% lower.
What was Flywire's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 81.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 2, 2026.
Which companies are in Flywire's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include AvidXchange, Bill Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, JFrog and Lightspeed Commerce, among others.
What is Flywire's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 68:1, against median employee compensation of $130,407.

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
Michael Massaro
Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Orgel
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David King
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Michael Ellis
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sharon Butler
Executive Vice President of Global Education
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Massaro
Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Orgel
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David King
Chief Product Officer & Co-President of Global Education
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Peter Butterfield
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Cosmin Pitigoi
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Michael Massaro
Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Orgel
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David King
Chief Product Officer & Co-President of Global Education
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Peter Butterfield
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Michael Ellis
former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
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Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Massaro
Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Orgel
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Cosmin Pitigoi
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David King
Chief Product Officer & Co-President of Global Education
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Peter Butterfield
General Counsel and Chief Compliance 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
Cosmin PitigoiRSU◇——◇——◇
David KingPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Michael MassaroRSU◇——◇——◇
Peter ButterfieldRSU◇——◇——◇
Robert OrgelRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022, 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
Michael MassaroRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
David KingRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Peter ButterfieldRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Robert OrgelRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Cosmin PitigoiRSU◇◇——
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
Phillip Riese
Board chair
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Edwin Santos
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Diane Offereins
◇◇————◇
Carleigh Jaques
◇◇————◇
Alex Finkelstein
◇◇————◇
Gretchen Howard
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Matthew Harris
◇◇————◇
Christine Katziff and Michael Massaro 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◇
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
  • AvidXchange AVDX
  • Bill Holdings, Inc. BILL
  • EVERTEC EVTC
  • JFrog FROG
  • Lightspeed Commerce LSPD
  • Marqeta, Inc. MQ
  • nCino NCNO
  • Nuvei NVEI
  • Pager Duty PD
  • Payoneer Global PAYO
  • Phreesia PHR
  • Remitly Global RELY
  • Repay Holdings RPAY

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 2, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 3, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 4, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 6, 2023=◇◇◇

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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204 figures on this page: 200 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
200 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001580560-26-000009
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-26-173788
    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · FISCAL 2025 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · and 3 more sections
  3. 0001193125-25-137051
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001193125-25-089231
    FISCAL 2024 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  5. 0001193125-24-157391
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001140361-24-021009
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001193125-23-164473
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001193125-23-115432
    Fiscal 2022 Summary Compensation Table
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Peers Flywire discloses

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

Bill Holdings, Inc.EVERTECJFrogMarqeta, Inc.nCinoPager DutyPayoneer GlobalRemitly GlobalRepay Holdings

Terms on this page

Say-on-Pay VoteCEO Pay RatioMedian Employee CompensationAll companies
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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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