Tech — Software
Toast Executive Compensation (FY25)
TOST · Boston, MA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 15, 2026
282 figures on this page: 278 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Total compensation for Aman Narang, CEO, Co-Founder, came to $10,682,013 in fiscal 2025, and compared with the $11,274,304 reported for fiscal 2024, Narang's total was 5.3% lower. The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 78:1, against median employee compensation of $136,770. The say-on-pay proposal drew 94.2% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 12, 2026 for fiscal 2025. The disclosed peer group names Affirm Holdings, Inc., AppLovin Corporation, BILL Holdings Inc., Datadog, Inc. and DoorDash, Inc., among others.
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 — Aman Narang: $11,274,304 → $10,682,013 (5.3% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 98.7% → 94.2% (4.5 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 82:1 → 78:1 (4.9% lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Toast's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Aman Narang, CEO, Co-Founder, came to $10,682,013 in fiscal 2025. Compared with the $11,274,304 reported for fiscal 2024, Narang's total was 5.3% lower.
What was Toast's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 94.2% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 12, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Toast's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Affirm Holdings, Inc., AppLovin Corporation, BILL Holdings Inc., Datadog, Inc. and DoorDash, Inc., among others.
What is Toast's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 78:1, against median employee compensation of $136,770.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Comparato Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Elena Gomez Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jonathan Grimm Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer for Toast.org | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Stephen Fredette Co-President, Co-Founder, and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Aman Narang Co-President, Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Brian Elworthy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Comparato CEO | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Elena Gomez Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Aman Narang Founder, COO, Co-President | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Stephen Fredette Founder, Co-President | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Brian Elworthy General Counsel | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aman Narang CEO, Co-Founder, and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Elena Gomez President, CFO | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jonathan Vassil Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Stephen Fredette President, Co-Founder, and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Brian Elworthy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aman Narang CEO, Co-Founder | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Elena Gomez CFO, President | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Stephen Fredette Co-Founder, President | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Jonathan Vassil Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Brian Elworthy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aman Narang | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Aman Narang | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Brian Elworthy | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Brian Elworthy | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Elena Gomez | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Elena Gomez | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Jonathan Vassil | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Jonathan Vassil | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Stephen Fredette | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Stephen Fredette | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Vassil | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/10/2035 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/10/2033 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/11/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/15/2032 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Elena Gomez | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/10/2035 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/15/2032 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/11/2034 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/10/2033 | |
| Aman Narang | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/10/2035 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/15/2032 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/11/2034 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/10/2033 | |
| Stephen Fredette | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/15/2032 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/10/2033 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/11/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/10/2035 | |
| Brian Elworthy | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/15/2032 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/11/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/10/2033 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/10/2035 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anu Bharadwaj | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Mark Hawkins Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Susan Chapman-Hughes | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Kent Bennett | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Deval L. Patrick | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Paul Bell | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Hilarie Koplow-McAdams | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
David Yuan | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Christopher Comparato | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Aman Narang and Stephen Fredette 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 | ◇ |
| Total board 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
- Affirm Holdings, Inc. AFRM
- AppLovin Corporation APP
- BILL Holdings Inc. BILL
- Datadog, Inc. DDOG
- DoorDash, Inc. DASH
- Dynatrace, Inc. DT
- Etsy, Inc. ETSY
- HubSpot, Inc. HUBS
- MongoDB Inc. MDB
- Paycom Software, Inc. PAYC
- Paylocity Holding Corporation PCTY
- Procore Technologies, Inc. PCOR
- PTC Inc. PTC
- Shift4 Payments, Inc. FOUR
- Smartsheet Inc. SMAR
- The Trade Desk, Inc. TTD
- Twilio Inc. TWLO
- Unity Software Inc. U
- ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. GTM
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 12, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 13, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 6, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | June 8, 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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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Toast disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Toast sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
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Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
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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282 figures on this page: 278 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
278 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001650164-26-000130Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001650164-26-000098CEO Pay Ratio · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy · Non-Employee Director Compensation Table · and 2 more sections
- 0001650164-25-000230Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001650164-25-000142Summary Compensation Table
- 0001650164-24-000211Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001650164-24-000144Summary Compensation Table
- 0001650164-23-000223Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001650164-23-000131Summary Compensation Table
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Peers Toast discloses
The companies named in TOST's own disclosed peer group.
Affirm Holdings, Inc.AppLovin CorporationBILL Holdings Inc.Datadog, Inc.DoorDash, Inc.Dynatrace, Inc.HubSpot, Inc.MongoDB Inc.Paycom Software, Inc.Paylocity Holding CorporationProcore Technologies, Inc.PTC Inc.Shift4 Payments, Inc.The Trade Desk, Inc.Twilio Inc.Unity Software Inc.ZoomInfo Technologies 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
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}
}