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Netflix Executive Compensation (FY25)

NFLX · Los Gatos, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
Ted Sarandos
Median of the other named officers
$15,400,781
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
=
June 4, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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 — Ted Sarandos: $61,922,397$53,905,972 (12.9% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 85.6%83.7% (1.9 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 287:1252:1 (12.2% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Netflix's chief executive and what were they paid?
Ted Sarandos was paid $53,905,972 in total compensation as co-Chief Executive Officer and President for fiscal 2025. Sarandos' total was 12.9% lower than the $61,922,397 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Netflix's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 83.7% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 4, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Netflix's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Adobe, Inc., AT&T Inc., Booking Holdings Inc., Charter Communications, Inc. and Comcast Corporation, among others.
What is Netflix's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 252:1, against median employee compensation of $211,201.

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
Reed Hastings
co-Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairperson of the Board
Ted Sarandos
co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Content Officer
Greg Peters
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Product Officer
Spencer Neumann
Chief Financial Officer
David Hyman
Chief Legal Officer
Rachel Whetstone
Chief Communications Officer
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ted Sarandos
co-Chief Executive Officer and President
Greg Peters
co-Chief Executive Officer and President
Spencer Neumann
Chief Financial Officer
David Hyman
Chief Legal Officer
Reed Hastings
Executive Chairman
Rachel Whetstone
Chief Communications Officer
Departed during or after this year
Sergio Ezama
Chief Talent Officer
Departed during or after this year
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ted Sarandos
co-Chief Executive Officer and President
Greg Peters
co-Chief Executive Officer and President
Spencer Neumann
Chief Financial Officer
David Hyman
Chief Legal Officer
Reed Hastings
Executive Chairman
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ted Sarandos
co-Chief Executive Officer and President
Greg Peters
co-Chief Executive Officer and President
Spencer Neumann
Chief Financial Officer
David Hyman
Chief Legal Officer
Clete Willems
Chief Global Affairs Officer
Reed Hastings
Former Executive Chairman of the Board
Departed during or after this year
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
Clete WillemsPSU
Clete WillemsRSU
Clete WillemsRSU
David HymanPSU
David HymanRSU
Greg PetersPSU
Greg PetersRSU
Greg PetersPerformance-Based Cash Bonus
Reed HastingsOPTION
Reed HastingsOPTION
Reed HastingsOPTION
Reed HastingsOPTION
Reed HastingsOPTION
Reed HastingsPSU
Reed HastingsRSU
Reed HastingsOPTION
Reed HastingsOPTION
Reed HastingsOPTION
Spencer NeumannPSU
Spencer NeumannRSU
Ted SarandosRSU
Ted SarandosPSU
Ted SarandosPerformance-Based Cash Bonus
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
Spencer NeumannRSU
Option7/1/2032
Option1/4/2031
Option6/1/2031
Option4/1/2030
Option1/2/2034
Option3/2/2030
RSU
Option6/1/2032
Option10/1/2030
Option3/1/2032
Option1/2/2030
Option2/3/2030
Option6/1/2033
Option7/3/2033
Option5/1/2030
Option5/2/2032
RSU
Option8/3/2030
Option9/1/2030
Option12/1/2032
Option1/3/2032
RSU
Option3/1/2031
Option12/1/2030
Option5/3/2031
Option8/2/2031
Option11/1/2033
Option11/1/2031
Option11/1/2032
Option8/1/2033
Option9/1/2033
Option7/1/2031
Option2/1/2031
Option1/3/2033
Option4/1/2031
Option2/1/2032
Option8/1/2032
Option3/1/2033
Option6/1/2030
Option5/1/2033
Option12/1/2033
Option9/1/2032
Option4/3/2033
Option10/3/2032
Option2/1/2033
Option4/1/2032
Option10/2/2033
Option9/1/2031
Option11/2/2030
Option7/1/2030
Option10/1/2031
Option12/1/2031
Reed HastingsOption6/1/2030
Option7/1/2035
Option12/2/2029
Option4/2/2028
Option1/4/2031
Option8/1/2026
Option2/1/2027
Option6/1/2027
Option10/3/2032
Option11/1/2032
Option1/3/2033
Option5/1/2028
Option6/3/2029
Option8/1/2028
Option4/1/2032
Option3/2/2030
Option6/1/2028
Option7/1/2029
Option5/1/2030
Option11/2/2030
Option8/3/2030
Option3/1/2031
Option9/1/2033
Option12/1/2033
Option1/2/2034
Option6/2/2035
Option3/1/2029
Option11/1/2029
Option11/1/2028
Option9/1/2026
Option11/1/2026
Option10/1/2029
Option4/1/2031
Option12/1/2031
Option5/2/2026
Option8/1/2027
Option12/1/2026
Option3/1/2033
Option7/1/2030
Option11/3/2035
Option10/2/2027
Option2/1/2028
Option2/3/2030
Option3/1/2032
Option2/1/2033
Option2/1/2032
Option9/1/2030
Option1/3/2032
Option6/1/2026
Option5/2/2032
Option8/1/2033
Option9/1/2032
Option9/1/2027
Option7/2/2028
Option12/1/2027
Option11/1/2027
Option1/2/2028
Option10/1/2030
Option1/2/2029
Option6/1/2033
Option9/3/2029
Option7/1/2031
Option10/1/2031
Option12/1/2032
Option12/3/2028
Option3/1/2028
Option5/1/2035
Option11/1/2033
Option8/1/2035
Option2/1/2031
Option8/1/2029
Option10/1/2035
Option9/2/2035
Option12/1/2035
Option1/2/2030
Option2/1/2029
Option4/1/2030
Option7/3/2033
Option5/1/2033
Option7/1/2026
Option6/1/2031
Option10/3/2026
Option7/1/2032
Option6/1/2032
Option1/3/2027
Option4/1/2029
Option9/1/2031
Option4/3/2033
Option12/1/2030
Option3/1/2027
Option5/3/2031
Option7/3/2027
Option8/1/2032
Option4/3/2027
Option9/4/2028
Option5/1/2027
Option5/1/2029
Option10/2/2033
Option10/1/2028
Option8/2/2031
Option11/1/2031
David HymanOption5/1/2030
Option8/2/2031
Option5/3/2031
Option7/1/2031
Option10/1/2031
Option11/1/2031
RSU
RSU
Option10/1/2030
RSU
Option12/1/2030
Option7/1/2030
Option6/1/2030
RSU
Option11/2/2030
Option1/4/2031
Option6/1/2031
Option8/3/2030
Option2/1/2031
Option4/1/2031
Option3/1/2031
Option9/1/2031
Option9/1/2030
Option12/1/2031
Greg PetersOption3/1/2033
Option12/1/2030
Option8/1/2032
Option3/1/2032
Option5/2/2032
Option8/3/2030
Option6/1/2033
Option1/4/2031
Option12/1/2033
Option5/1/2033
Option10/2/2033
Option11/1/2032
Option1/3/2033
Option8/1/2033
Option7/3/2033
Option12/1/2032
Option11/2/2030
Option8/2/2031
Option10/1/2031
Option12/1/2031
Option4/1/2030
Option2/1/2031
Option5/1/2030
Option6/1/2030
RSU
RSU
RSU
Option7/1/2030
Option9/1/2031
Option1/2/2034
Option2/1/2033
Option1/2/2030
RSU
Option7/1/2032
Option9/1/2032
Option7/1/2031
Option6/1/2032
Option11/1/2033
Option4/1/2031
Option3/1/2031
Option4/3/2033
Option11/1/2031
Option9/1/2033
Option2/1/2032
Option9/1/2030
Option10/3/2032
Option4/1/2032
Option6/1/2031
Option2/3/2030
Option1/3/2032
Option3/2/2030
Option10/1/2030
Option5/3/2031
Ted SarandosOption8/1/2032
Option7/1/2031
Option2/1/2031
Option6/1/2030
Option1/4/2031
Option3/1/2033
Option5/1/2033
Option4/3/2033
Option4/1/2032
Option3/1/2032
Option8/1/2028
Option8/1/2033
Option9/1/2033
Option5/1/2030
Option8/3/2030
Option9/1/2032
Option7/1/2030
Option11/1/2031
Option6/3/2029
Option12/1/2030
Option12/1/2031
Option9/1/2031
RSU
RSU
Option4/1/2031
Option3/1/2031
RSU
Option6/1/2032
Option10/2/2033
Option4/1/2030
Option2/1/2029
Option6/1/2028
Option3/1/2029
RSU
Option10/3/2032
Option10/1/2028
Option5/1/2029
Option7/1/2029
Option5/3/2031
Option7/3/2033
Option5/2/2032
Option8/2/2031
Option7/2/2028
Option10/1/2031
Option2/1/2033
Option10/1/2030
Option2/1/2032
Option12/1/2033
Option8/1/2029
Option1/2/2034
Option1/2/2030
Option9/1/2030
Option6/1/2033
Option2/3/2030
Option11/1/2032
Option9/4/2028
Option1/3/2033
Option11/2/2030
Option11/1/2033
Option1/3/2032
Option4/1/2029
Option6/1/2031
Option3/2/2030
Option12/1/2032
Clete WillemsRSU
PSU
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.
Clete Willems
Chief Global Affairs Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple
Change-in-control multiple
Benefits continuation on change in control
Benefits continuation
David Hyman
Chief Legal Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple
Severance cash amount
Change-in-control multiple
Benefits continuation on change in control
Greg Peters
co-Chief Executive Officer and President · Severance agreement
Severance multiple
Severance cash amount
Change-in-control multiple
Benefits continuation on change in control
Benefits continuation
Reed Hastings
Former Executive Chairman of the Board · Severance agreement
Severance multiple
Severance cash amount
Change-in-control multiple
Benefits continuation on change in control
Spencer Neumann
Chief Financial Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple
Severance cash amount
Change-in-control multiple
Benefits continuation on change in control
Benefits continuation
Ted Sarandos
co-Chief Executive Officer and President · Severance agreement
Severance multiple
Severance cash amount
Change-in-control multiple
Benefits continuation on change in control
Benefits continuation

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Anne Sweeney
Leslie Kilgore
Ann Mather
Strive Masiyiwa
Jay C. Hoag
Lead independent director
Richard Barton
Mathias Döpfner
Ambassador Susan Rice
Timothy M. Haley
Elinor Mertz
Reed Hastings, Ted Sarandos, Greg Peters and Brad Smith 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 equity retainer
Total board retainer
Equity is delivered as Stock Options.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Adobe, Inc. ADBE
  • AT&T Inc. T
  • Booking Holdings Inc. BKNG
  • Charter Communications, Inc. CHTR
  • Comcast Corporation CMCSA
  • Electronic Arts Inc. EA
  • Fox Corporation FOXA
  • Mastercard Incorporated MA
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. META
  • Oracle Corporation ORCL
  • Paramount Global PARA
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. PYPL
  • Salesforce, Inc. CRM
  • ServiceNow, Inc. NOW
  • Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. SIRI
  • Tesla, Inc. TSLA
  • The Walt Disney Company DIS
  • Verizon Communications Inc. VZ
  • Visa Inc. V
  • Warner Bros. Discovery WBD

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 4, 2026=
2024June 5, 2025=
2023June 6, 2024=
2022June 1, 2023=

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
Median employee compensation
Chief executive total compensation
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856 figures on this page: 852 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
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4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001065280-26-000189
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-26-159286
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation table · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS& · and 3 more sections
  3. 0001065280-25-000286
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001193125-25-084425
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001065280-24-000185
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001193125-24-100913
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001065280-23-000334
    Employment Agreement
  8. 0001065280-23-000173
  9. 0001193125-23-110513
    Summary Compensation Table
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Peers Netflix discloses

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

Adobe, Inc.AT&T Inc.Booking Holdings Inc.Charter Communications, Inc.Comcast CorporationElectronic Arts Inc.Fox CorporationMastercard IncorporatedMeta Platforms, Inc.Oracle CorporationParamount GlobalPayPal Holdings, Inc.Salesforce, Inc.ServiceNow, Inc.Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.Tesla, Inc.The Walt Disney CompanyVerizon Communications Inc.Visa Inc.Warner Bros. Discovery

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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}
}
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