Kezar Life Sciences Executive Compensation (FY24)
KZR · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2024
Chief executive, fiscal 2024 ◇ Christopher Kirk |
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What changed from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024
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Chief executive total compensation — Christopher Kirk: $2,602,155 → $927,300 (64.4% lower)
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Who is Kezar Life Sciences' chief executive and what were they paid?
Christopher Kirk, Chief Executive Officer, received $927,300 in total compensation for fiscal 2024. Compared with the $2,602,155 reported for fiscal 2023, Kirk's total was 64.4% lower.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Kirk Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marc Belsky Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Kirk Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marc Belsky Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Schiller 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Kirk | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 11/6/2033 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/7/2033 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/4/2032 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/7/2031 | |
| Marc Belsky | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/6/2034 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 7/10/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/7/2033 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/4/2032 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/7/2031 | |
| Mark Schiller | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/6/2034 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 7/10/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/7/2033 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/4/2032 | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/7/2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graham Cooper | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Elizabeth Garner | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Franklin Berger | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Micki Klearman | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Courtney Wallace | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
John Fowler | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
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 chair premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
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- Christopher Kirk (Chief Executive Officer), FY2024 total compensation $927,300 (base salary $600,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001645666-25-000020, filed 2025-04-25]What this page does not include
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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}
}