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Squarespace Executive Compensation (FY23)

SQSP · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2023

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Chief executive, fiscal 2023
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Anthony Casalena
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 4, 2024

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Chief executive total compensation — Anthony Casalena: $350,288 → $552,146 (57.6% higher)

Frequently asked questions

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Who is Squarespace's chief executive and what were they paid?
Anthony Casalena, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board, received $552,146 in total compensation for fiscal 2023. Casalena's total was 57.6% higher than the $350,288 reported for fiscal 2022.
What was Squarespace's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 99.7% support at the meeting held June 4, 2024 for fiscal 2023.
Which companies are in Squarespace's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Alteryx, Inc., Anaplan, Inc., Box, Inc., Coupa Software Incorporated and DocuSign, Inc., among others.

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
Nathan Gooden
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Marcela Martin
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Paul Gubbay
Chief Product Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Anthony Casalena
Chief Executive Officer
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Nathan Gooden
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Paul Gubbay
Chief Product Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Courtenay O'Connor
General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇———◇◇
Anthony Casalena
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board
◇—————◇◇
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 2023
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Courtenay O ConnorRSU◇——◇——◇
Nathan GoodenRSU◇——◇——◇
Paul GubbayRSU◇——◇——◇
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 2023 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Nathan GoodenRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Paul GubbayRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Courtenay O'ConnorPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Anthony CasalenaPSU◇◇——
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.
Anthony Casalena
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2024 filing
Change-in-control trigger◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Courtenay O'Connor
General Counsel and Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2024 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Nathan Gooden
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2024 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Paul Gubbay
Chief Product Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2024 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2023
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Fleisher
◇◇————◇
Jonathan Klein
◇◇————◇
Liza Landsman
◇◇————◇
Anton Levy
◇◇————◇
Andrew Braccia
◇◇————◇
Neela Montgomery
◇◇————◇
Anthony Casalena served on the board in fiscal 2023 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◇
Lead independent director 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 2023
  • Alteryx, Inc. AYX
  • Anaplan, Inc. PLAN
  • Box, Inc. BOX
  • Coupa Software Incorporated COUP
  • DocuSign, Inc. DOCU
  • Dropbox, Inc. DBX
  • Etsy, Inc. ETSY
  • GoDaddy Inc. GDDY
  • HubSpot, Inc. HUBS
  • Momentive Global Inc. MNTV
  • MongoDB, Inc. MDB
  • New Relic, Inc. NEWR
  • Okta, Inc. OKTA
  • Smartsheet Inc. SMAR
  • Splunk Inc. SPLK
  • Zendesk, Inc. ZEN
  • Zillow Group, Inc. Z

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2023June 4, 2024=◇◇◇
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125 figures on this page: 124 cited to the filing that reported them, 1 calculated from figures it prints.
124 cited to the filing
1 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001496963-24-000051
  2. 0001496963-24-000017
    2023 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End · 2023 Summary Compensation Table · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001496963-23-000018
    2022 Summary Compensation Table
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Peers Squarespace discloses

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

Alteryx, Inc.Box, Inc.Coupa Software IncorporatedDocuSign, Inc.Dropbox, Inc.Etsy, Inc.GoDaddy Inc.HubSpot, Inc.MongoDB, Inc.New Relic, Inc.Okta, Inc.Smartsheet Inc.Splunk Inc.Zillow Group, Inc.

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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}
}
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