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MongoDB Executive Compensation (FY26)

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MDB · New York, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026

Chief executive, fiscal 2026

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Chirantan Desai

Latest say-on-pay support

June 30, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of October 22, 2026Latest filing (8-K): July 6, 2026

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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
Dev Ittycheria President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Cedric Pech Former President of Field Operations	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Michael Gordon Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

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 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	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇
Cedric Pech	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇
Cedric Pech	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Chirantan Desai	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Chirantan Desai	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Dev Ittycheria	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Dev Ittycheria	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Dev Ittycheria	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇
Dev Ittycheria	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
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
Dev Ittycheria	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Cedric Pech	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Chirantan Desai	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Michael Berry	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

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

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Excise tax treatment	◇

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	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Dev Ittycheria and Chirantan Desai 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	◇
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 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 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.

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8 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed July 6, 2026
0001628280-26-047228
Proposal 2 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
DEF 14A, filed May 19, 2026
0001628280-26-036415
CEO Pay Ratio · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation · Executive Compensation Tables · and 1 more section
8-K, filed July 3, 2025
0001441816-25-000151
Proposal 2 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of th
DEF 14A, filed May 20, 2025
0001441816-25-000099
Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Executive Compensation Tables · Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 28, 2024
0001441816-24-000136
DEF 14A, filed May 16, 2024
0001441816-24-000101
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 30, 2023
0001441816-23-000124
DEF 14A, filed May 17, 2023
0001441816-23-000077
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed July 1, 2022
0001441816-22-000133
8-K, filed June 29, 2021
0001441816-21-000125
8-K, filed July 14, 2020
0001441816-20-000142
8-K, filed July 11, 2019
0001441816-19-000147

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