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MongoDB Executive Compensation (FY26)
MDB · New York, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): July 6, 2026
214 figures on this page: 206 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Total compensation for Chirantan Desai, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $52,830,661 in fiscal 2026. Separately, shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 89.0% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 30, 2026 for fiscal 2026, and for fiscal 2026, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 184:1, against median employee compensation of $290,954. Meanwhile, the disclosed peer group includes ANSYS, Cloudflare, Confluent, CrowdStrike and Datadog, among others. The company reported 5 named executive officers for fiscal 2026.
What changed from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Say-on-pay support: 82.2% → 89.0% (6.8 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 73:1 → 184:1 (152.1% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is MongoDB's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Chirantan Desai, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $52,830,661 in fiscal 2026.
What was MongoDB's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 89.0% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 30, 2026 for fiscal 2026.
Which companies are in MongoDB's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes ANSYS, Cloudflare, Confluent, CrowdStrike and Datadog, among others.
What is MongoDB's chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2026, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 184:1, against median employee compensation of $290,954.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dev Ittycheria President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Cedric Pech Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Gordon Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Porter Chief Technology Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dev Ittycheria President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Cedric Pech Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Gordon Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Porter Former Chief Technology Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dev Ittycheria President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Cedric Pech President of Field Operations | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Gordon Former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cedric Pech Former President of Field Operations | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2026
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chirantan Desai President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Dev Ittycheria Former President and Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Berry Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Cedric Pech Former President of Field Operations Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Srdjan Tanjga Former Interim Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year Served on an interim basis | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 2026
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Pech | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Cedric Pech | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Chirantan Desai | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Chirantan Desai | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Dev Ittycheria | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Dev Ittycheria | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Dev Ittycheria | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Michael Berry | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael Berry | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Srdjan Tanjga | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 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 2026 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Pech | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Dev Ittycheria | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Cedric Pech
Former President of Field Operations · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Severance cash amount | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
Srdjan Tanjga
Former Interim Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
| Change-in-control trigger | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
Dev Ittycheria
Former President and Chief Executive Officer · Consulting agreement
| Change-in-control trigger | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Clawback | ◇ |
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Killalea Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Hope Cochran | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Charles M. Hazard, Jr | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Francisco D'Souza | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ann Lewnes | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Roelof Botha | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Archana Agrawal | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Dwight Merriman | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Chirantan Desai and Dev Ittycheria served on the board in fiscal 2026 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 | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
- ANSYS ANSS
- Cloudflare NET
- Confluent CFLT
- CrowdStrike CRWD
- Datadog DDOG
- DocuSign DOCU
- Dynatrace DT
- Elastic N.V. ESTC
- HubSpot HUBS
- Okta OKTA
- Samsara IOT
- Snowflake SNOW
- Trade Desk TTD
- Unity Software U
- Zscaler ZS
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | June 30, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2025 | June 30, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 25, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 27, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | June 28, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | June 29, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | July 10, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | July 10, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
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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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact MongoDB disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where MongoDB 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
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
214 figures on this page: 206 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
206 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001628280-26-047228Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-26-036415CEO Pay Ratio · Changes in Director Compensation · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation · and 4 more sections
- 0001441816-25-000151
- 0001441816-25-000099Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001441816-24-000136
- 0001441816-24-000101Summary Compensation Table
- 0001441816-23-000124
- 0001441816-23-000077Summary Compensation Table
- 0001441816-22-000133
- 0001441816-21-000125
- 0001441816-20-000142
- 0001441816-19-000147
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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}
}