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Guidewire Software Executive Compensation (FY25)

GWRE · San Mateo, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Mike Rosenbaum
Latest say-on-pay support
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December 15, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Mike Rosenbaum: $11,265,438 → $14,012,061 (24.4% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 65:1 → 86:1 (32.3% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Guidewire Software's chief executive and what were they paid?
Mike Rosenbaum was paid $14,012,061 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $11,265,438 reported for fiscal 2024, Rosenbaum's total was 24.4% higher.
What was Guidewire Software's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 98.0% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held December 15, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Guidewire Software's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names ANSYS, Inc., AppFolio, Inc., Aspen Technology, Inc., BlackLine, Inc. and CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc., among others.
What is Guidewire Software's chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 86:1, against median employee compensation of $162,228.

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
John Mullen
President and Chief Revenue Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Mike Rosenbaum
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Frank O'Dowd
Former Chief Sales Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Priscilla Hung
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeff Cooper
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Winston King
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mike Rosenbaum
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Priscilla Hung
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeff Cooper
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John Mullen
President and Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Winston King
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mike Rosenbaum
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John Mullen
President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeff Cooper
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Winston King
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Priscilla Hung
Former President and Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John Mullen
President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mike Rosenbaum
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeff Cooper
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Winston King
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David Peterson
Chief Accounting 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
David PetersonRSU◇——◇——◇
Jeff CooperRSU◇——◇——◇
Jeff CooperPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
John MullenPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
John MullenRSU◇——◇——◇
John MullenRSU◇——◇——◇
Mike RosenbaumPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Mike RosenbaumRSU◇——◇——◇
Winston KingPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Winston KingRSU◇——◇——◇
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
Mike RosenbaumRSU◇◇——
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John MullenRSU◇◇——
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Jeff CooperRSU◇◇——
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Winston KingRSU◇◇——
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David PetersonRSU◇◇——
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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
Michael C. Keller
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Mark V. Anquillare
◇◇————◇
Catherine P. Lego
◇◇————◇
Rajani Ramanathan
◇◇————◇
Paul Lavin
◇◇————◇
David S. Bauer
◇◇————◇
Margaret Dillon
◇◇————◇
Jeffrey Sloan
◇◇————◇
Marcus Ryu
◇—————◇
Mike Rosenbaum 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◇
Board chair premium◇
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.

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
  • AppFolio, Inc. APPF
  • Aspen Technology, Inc. AZPN
  • BlackLine, Inc. BL
  • CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. CCC
  • Dynatrace, Inc. DT
  • Elastic N.V. ESTC
  • Five9, Inc. FIVN
  • HubSpot, Inc. HUBS
  • Manhattan Associates, Inc. MANH
  • Okta, Inc. OKTA
  • Paycom Software, Inc. PAYC
  • Paylocity Holding Corporation PCTY
  • Qualys, Inc. QLYS
  • Splunk Inc. SPLK
  • Veeva Systems, Inc. VEEV

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025December 15, 2025=◇◇◇
2024December 17, 2024=◇◇◇
2023December 19, 2023=◇◇◇
2022December 20, 2022=◇◇◇
2021December 14, 2021=◇◇◇
2020December 15, 2020=◇◇◇
2019December 17, 2019=◇◇◇
2018December 6, 2018=◇◇◇

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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284 figures on this page: 276 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
276 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001528396-25-000248
  2. 0001528396-25-000233
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal · and 1 more section
  3. 0001528396-24-000179
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001528396-24-000148
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001193125-23-301180
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001528396-23-000123
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001193125-22-310042
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001528396-22-000117
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0001528396-21-000134
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001528396-20-000072
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001528396-19-000060
  12. 0001528396-18-000049
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Peers Guidewire Software discloses

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

ANSYS, Inc.AppFolio, Inc.Aspen Technology, Inc.BlackLine, Inc.CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc.Dynatrace, Inc.Elastic N.V.Five9, Inc.HubSpot, Inc.Manhattan Associates, Inc.Okta, Inc.Paycom Software, Inc.Paylocity Holding CorporationQualys, Inc.Splunk Inc.Veeva Systems, Inc.

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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
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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