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Pinterest Executive Compensation (FY25)

PINS · San Francisco, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Bill Ready
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 21, 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): May 26, 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Bill Ready: $18,143,031 → $39,312,010 (116.7% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 66.5:1 → 126.2:1 (89.8% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Pinterest's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Bill Ready, Chief Executive Officer, came to $39,312,010 in fiscal 2025. Compared with the $18,143,031 reported for fiscal 2024, Ready's total was 116.7% higher.
What was Pinterest's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 96.1% support at the meeting held May 21, 2026.
Which companies are in Pinterest's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Airbnb, Inc., AppLovin Corporation, Block, Inc., Coinbase Global, Inc. and DoorDash, Inc., among others.
What is Pinterest's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 126.2:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $311,466.

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
Bill Ready
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Wanji Walcott
Chief Legal Officer
◇◇—————◇
Todd Morgenfeld
Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Operations
◇—————◇◇
Naveen Gavini
Senior Vice President of Products
◇—————◇◇
Christine Flores
Former General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Benjamin Silbermann
Co-Founder, President & Former CEO
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sabrina Ellis
Chief Product Officer
◇—◇————◇
Julia Brau Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Wanji Walcott
Chief Legal & Business Affairs Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇◇◇———◇◇
Todd Morgenfeld
Former Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Operations
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Malik Ducard
Chief Content Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Bill Ready
Chief Executive Officer
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Bill Ready
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Matthew Madrigal
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Malik Ducard
Chief Content Officer, former executive officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Wanji Walcott
Chief Legal & Business Affairs Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇———◇◇
Julia Brau Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Sabrina Ellis
Former Chief Product Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Bill Ready
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Matthew Madrigal
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Julia Brau Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Wanji Walcott
Chief Legal & Business Affairs Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Malik Ducard
Chief Content Officer, former executive 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
Bill ReadyRSU◇——◇——◇
Bill ReadyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Julia Brau DonnellyRSU◇——◇——◇
Julia Brau DonnellyRSU◇——◇——◇
Julia Brau DonnellyRSU◇——◇——◇
Julia Brau DonnellyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Malik DucardRSU◇——◇——◇
Malik DucardRSU◇——◇——◇
Malik DucardRSU◇——◇——◇
Malik DucardPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Matthew MadrigalRSU◇——◇——◇
Matthew MadrigalRSU◇——◇——◇
Matthew MadrigalRSU◇——◇——◇
Matthew MadrigalRSU◇——◇——◇
Matthew MadrigalPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Wanji WalcottRSU◇——◇——◇
Wanji WalcottRSU◇——◇——◇
Wanji WalcottRSU◇——◇——◇
Wanji WalcottPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
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
Matthew MadrigalPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Malik DucardPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Julia DonnellyPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Bill ReadyPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇6/29/2032
Wanji WalcottPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
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.
Malik Ducard
Chief Content Officer, former executive officer · Offer letter · dated October 17, 2021
Non-solicit period◇
Bill Ready
Chief Executive Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Clawback◇
Julia Brau Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Matthew Madrigal
Chief Technology Officer · Change-in-control agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Wanji Walcott
Chief Legal & Business Affairs Officer and Corporate Secretary · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Emily Reuter
◇◇————◇
Andrea Wishom
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Benjamin Silbermann
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Scott Schenkel
◇◇————◇
Chip Bergh
◇◇————◇
Salaam Coleman Smith
◇◇————◇
Leslie Kilgore
◇◇————◇
Fredric G. Reynolds
◇◇————◇
Marc Steinberg
◇◇————◇
Gokul Rajaram
◇◇————◇
Jeremy Levine
◇◇————◇
Bill Ready and Kecia Steelman 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◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Airbnb, Inc. ABNB
  • AppLovin Corporation APP
  • Block, Inc. XYZ
  • Coinbase Global, Inc. COIN
  • DoorDash, Inc. DASH
  • eBay Inc. EBAY
  • Electronic Arts Inc. EA
  • Etsy, Inc. ETSY
  • Expedia Group, Inc. EXPE
  • Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart) CART
  • Match Group, Inc. MTCH
  • Reddit, Inc. RDDT
  • Roblox Corporation RBLX
  • Roku, Inc. ROKU
  • Shopify Inc. SHOP
  • Snap Inc. SNAP
  • SoFi Technologies, Inc. SOFI
  • Spotify Technology SA SPOT
  • The Trade Desk, Inc. TTD
  • Zillow Group, Inc. Z
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ZM

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 21, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 22, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 23, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 25, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 26, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 27, 2021=◇◇◇

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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6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001506293-26-000074
  2. 0001506293-26-000058
    2025 Director compensation table · 2025 Summary compensation table · CEO pay ratio · Director compensation · and 1 more section
  3. 0001506293-26-000021
    EX-10.28
  4. 0001506293-25-000123
  5. 0001506293-25-000084
    2024 Summary compensation table
  6. 0001506293-24-000102
  7. 0001506293-24-000055
    2023 Summary compensation table
  8. 0001506293-23-000091
  9. 0001506293-23-000060
    2022 Summary compensation table
  10. 0001506293-22-000068
  11. 0001506293-22-000016
  12. 0001506293-21-000123
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Peers Pinterest discloses

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

Airbnb, Inc.AppLovin CorporationBlock, Inc.Coinbase Global, Inc.DoorDash, Inc.eBay Inc.Electronic Arts Inc.Etsy, Inc.Expedia Group, Inc.Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart)Match Group, Inc.Reddit, Inc.Roblox CorporationRoku, Inc.Shopify Inc.Snap Inc.SoFi Technologies, Inc.The Trade Desk, Inc.Zillow Group, Inc.Zoom Video Communications, 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
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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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