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Shift4 Payments Executive Compensation (FY25)

FOUR · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 17, 2026
172 figures on this page: 169 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
The disclosed peer group names ACI Worldwide, Affirm, Broadridge Financial, Corpay and Euronet Worldwide, among others. Separately, Taylor Lauber, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, received $12,211,164 in total compensation for fiscal 2025, and Lauber's total moved 84.0% higher from the $6,637,491 reported for fiscal 2024, while the disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 186.5:1, against median employee compensation of $65,478. Meanwhile, the say-on-pay proposal drew 79.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 12, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Taylor Lauber
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 12, 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 — Taylor Lauber: $6,637,491 → $12,211,164 (84.0% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 160:1 → 186.5:1 (16.6% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Shift4 Payments' chief executive and what were they paid?
Taylor Lauber, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, received $12,211,164 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Lauber's total moved 84.0% higher from the $6,637,491 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Shift4 Payments' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 79.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 12, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Shift4 Payments' peer group?
The disclosed peer group names ACI Worldwide, Affirm, Broadridge Financial, Corpay and Euronet Worldwide, among others.
What is Shift4 Payments' chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 186.5:1, against median employee compensation of $65,478.

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
Nancy Disman
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Jared Isaacman
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇———◇◇
Taylor Lauber
President and Chief Strategy Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jordan Frankel
Secretary, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Legal, Risk and Compliance
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bradley Herring
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jared Isaacman
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇———◇◇
Taylor Lauber
President and Chief Strategy Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Nancy Disman
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Jordan Frankel
Secretary, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Legal, Risk and Compliance
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jared Isaacman
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇———◇◇
Taylor Lauber
President and Chief Strategy Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Nancy Disman
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Jordan Frankel
Secretary, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Legal, Risk and Compliance
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jared Isaacman
Former Chief Executive Officer; Former Executive Chairman of the Board
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Christopher Cruz
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Taylor Lauber
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Nancy Disman
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Jordan Frankel
Chief Legal 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
Christopher N. CruzRSU◇——◇——◇
Christopher N. CruzRSU◇——◇——◇
Jared IsaacmanRSU◇——◇——◇
Jared IsaacmanRSU◇——◇——◇
Jordan FrankelRSU◇——◇——◇
Nancy DismanRSU◇——◇——◇
Taylor LauberRSU◇——◇——◇
Taylor LauberRSU◇——◇——◇
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
Jordan FrankelRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Taylor LauberRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Nancy DismanRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Christopher CruzRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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
Seth Dallaire
◇◇————◇
Jonathan Halkyard
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Karen Roter Davis
◇◇————◇
Sarah Grover
◇◇————◇
Sam Bakhshandehpour
◇◇————◇
Donald Isaacman
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Jared Isaacman, Christopher Cruz, Taylor Lauber and Nancy Disman 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.

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 ACIW
  • Affirm AFRM
  • Broadridge Financial BR
  • Corpay CPAY
  • Euronet Worldwide EEFT
  • GoDaddy GDDY
  • Jack Henry JKHY
  • Nuvei NVEI
  • Toast, Inc. TOST
  • TripAdvisor TRIP
  • Tyler Technologies TYL
  • WEX WEX
  • Yelp YELP

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 12, 2026=◇◇◇
2023June 7, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 9, 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

Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
172 figures on this page: 169 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints.
169 cited to the filing
3 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-26-273418
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-26-197191
    CEO Pay Ratio · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal 2025 · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001193125-25-105572
    Summary Compensation Table
  4. 0001193125-24-159126
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001193125-24-118206
    Summary Compensation Table
  6. 0001193125-23-165321
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001193125-23-127508
    Summary Compensation Table
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Peers Shift4 Payments discloses

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

ACI WorldwideAffirmBroadridge FinancialCorpayEuronet WorldwideGoDaddyJack HenryToast, Inc.TripAdvisorTyler TechnologiesWEX

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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