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Snowflake Executive Compensation (FY26)

SNOW · Menlo Park, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Sridhar Ramaswamy
Median of the other named officers
$13,538,062
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 29, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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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.
Chief executive total compensation — Sridhar Ramaswamy: $101,325,374 → $22,310,492 (78.0% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 29.9% → 43.5% (13.6 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 340:1 → 67:1 (80.3% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Snowflake's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Sridhar Ramaswamy, Chief Executive Officer, came to $22,310,492 in fiscal 2026. Ramaswamy's total was 78.0% lower than the $101,325,374 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was Snowflake's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 43.5% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 29, 2026 for fiscal 2026.
Which companies are in Snowflake's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Adobe, ANSYS, Atlassian, Autodesk and Cloudflare, among others. The Reference Peers includes Alphabet, Amazon.com and Microsoft.
What is Snowflake's chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2026, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 67:1, against median employee compensation of $330,699.

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
Frank Slootman
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇◇——◇—◇◇
Michael Scarpelli
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇——◇—◇◇
Christopher Degnan
Chief Revenue Officer
◇◇——◇—◇◇
Benoit Dageville
President of Products and Director
◇◇——◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Frank Slootman
Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Michael Scarpelli
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Christopher Degnan
Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Frank Slootman
Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christian Kleinerman
EVP, Product Management
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Michael Scarpelli
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christopher Degnan
Former Chief Revenue Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Grzegorz Czajkowski
Former EVP, Engineering and Support
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sridhar Ramaswamy
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Michael Scarpelli
Former Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christian Kleinerman
EVP, Product Management
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Vivek Raghunathan
SVP, Engineering
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Gannon
Former Chief Revenue Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Brian Robins
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sridhar Ramaswamy
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christian Kleinerman
EVP, Product Management
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Vivek Raghunathan
SVP, Engineering
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Michael Scarpelli
Former Chief Financial Officer
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 2026
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Brian RobinsRSU◇——◇——◇
Brian RobinsRSU◇——◇——◇
Christian KleinermanRSU◇——◇——◇
Christian KleinermanPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Michael GannonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Michael GannonRSU◇——◇——◇
Sridhar RamaswamyRSU◇——◇——◇
Sridhar RamaswamyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Vivek RaghunathanRSU◇——◇——◇
Vivek RaghunathanPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Christian KleinermanRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/8/2032
Michael ScarpelliRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/8/2032
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Michael GannonRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Sridhar RamaswamyRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/19/2031
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Vivek RaghunathanRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Brian RobinsRSU◇◇——
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.
Michael Gannon
Former Chief Revenue Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · dated March 4, 2025
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-solicit period◇
Clawback◇
Brian Robins
Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Christian Kleinerman
EVP, Product Management · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Michael Scarpelli
Former Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Sridhar Ramaswamy
Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Vivek Raghunathan
SVP, Engineering · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
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 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
William F. Scannell
◇◇————◇
Michael L. Speiser
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Mark S. Garrett
◇◇————◇
Mark D. McLaughlin
◇◇————◇
Kelly A. Kramer
◇◇————◇
Jayshree V. Ullal
◇◇————◇
Teresa Briggs
◇◇————◇
Jeremy Burton
◇◇————◇
Sridhar Ramaswamy, Frank Slootman and Benoit Dageville 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◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
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 2026
  • Adobe ADBE
  • ANSYS ANSS
  • Atlassian TEAM
  • Autodesk ADSK
  • Cloudflare NET
  • CrowdStrike Holdings CRWD
  • Datadog DDOG
  • Fortinet FTNT
  • HubSpot HUBS
  • MongoDB MDB
  • Palantir Technologies PLTR
  • Palo Alto Networks PANW
  • Salesforce CRM
  • Samsara IOT
  • ServiceNow NOW
  • Veeva Systems VEEV
  • Workday WDAY
  • Zoom Communications ZM
  • Zscaler ZS
Reference Peers
  • Alphabet GOOGL
  • Amazon.com AMZN
  • Microsoft MSFT

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2026June 29, 2026=◇◇◇
2025May 8, 2025=◇◇◇
2024July 2, 2024=◇◇◇
2023July 5, 2023=◇◇◇

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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4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001640147-26-000032
    Proposal 2 — Non-binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers .
  2. 0001640147-26-000019
    Chief Executive Officer Pay Ratio · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001640147-25-000150
    Proposal 2 — Non-binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers .
  4. 0001640147-25-000096
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE · Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001640147-25-000052
    EX-10.16
  6. 0001640147-24-000193
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001640147-24-000123
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  8. 0001640147-23-000164
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001640147-23-000082
    FISCAL YEAR 2023 SUMMARY COMPENSATION
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The companies named in SNOW's own disclosed peer group.

AdobeANSYSAtlassianAutodeskCloudflareCrowdStrike HoldingsDatadogFortinetHubSpotMongoDBPalantir TechnologiesPalo Alto NetworksSalesforceSamsaraServiceNowVeeva SystemsWorkdayZoom CommunicationsZscalerAlphabetAmazon.comMicrosoft

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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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