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Take-Two Interactive Software Executive Compensation (FY26)

TTWO · New York, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2026
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): July 27, 2026
179 figures on this page: 169 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Strauss Zelnick, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received $403,019 in total compensation for fiscal 2026, and Zelnick's total moved 278.6% higher from the $106,457 reported for fiscal 2025. Meanwhile, shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 94.9% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held September 18, 2025 for fiscal 2025. Separately, the disclosed peer group names Booking Holdings Inc., DraftKings Inc., eBay Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and Expedia Group, Inc., among others. The fiscal 2026 disclosure covers 4 named executive officers.
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Strauss Zelnick
Latest say-on-pay support
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September 18, 2025
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 — Strauss Zelnick: $106,457 → $403,019 (278.6% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 86.0% → 94.9% (8.9 points higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Take-Two Interactive Software's chief executive and what were they paid?
Strauss Zelnick, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received $403,019 in total compensation for fiscal 2026. Zelnick's total moved 278.6% higher from the $106,457 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was Take-Two Interactive Software's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 94.9% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held September 18, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Take-Two Interactive Software's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Booking Holdings Inc., DraftKings Inc., eBay Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and Expedia Group, Inc., among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lainie Goldstein
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Daniel Emerson
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Strauss Zelnick
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—————◇◇
Karl Slatoff
President
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lainie Goldstein
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Daniel Emerson
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Strauss Zelnick
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—————◇◇
Karl Slatoff
President
◇——————◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lainie Goldstein
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Daniel Emerson
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Strauss Zelnick
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—————◇◇
Karl Slatoff
President
◇——————◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lainie Goldstein
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Daniel Emerson
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Strauss Zelnick
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—————◇◇
Karl Slatoff
President
◇——————◇
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
Daniel EmersonPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Daniel EmersonRSU◇——◇——◇
Lainie GoldsteinPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Lainie GoldsteinRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2023 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
Lainie GoldsteinRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Daniel EmersonPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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.
Lainie Goldstein
Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Daniel Emerson
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Excise tax treatment◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
LaVerne Srinivasan
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Michael Dornemann
◇◇————◇
Michael Sheresky
◇◇————◇
Susan Tolson
◇◇————◇
J Moses
◇◇————◇
Ellen Siminoff
◇◇————◇
Paul Viera
◇◇————◇
Roland Hernandez
◇◇————◇
William Bing Gordon
◇◇————◇
Strauss Zelnick 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.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
  • Booking Holdings Inc. BKNG
  • DraftKings Inc. DKNG
  • eBay Inc. EBAY
  • Electronic Arts Inc. EA
  • Expedia Group, Inc. EXPE
  • Fox Corporation FOXA
  • Hasbro, Inc. HAS
  • Live Nation Entertainment Inc. LYV
  • Match Group, Inc. MTCH
  • Mattel, Inc. MAT
  • Paramount Global PARA
  • Playtika Ltd. PLTK
  • Roblox Corporation RBLX
  • Roku, Inc. ROKU
  • Sirius XM Holdings Inc. SIRI
  • TKO Group Holdings Inc. TKO
  • Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. WBD
  • Warner Music Group Corp. WMG

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025September 18, 2025=◇◇◇
2024September 18, 2024=◇◇◇
2023September 21, 2023=◇◇◇
2022September 16, 2022=◇◇◇
2021September 14, 2021=◇◇◇
2020September 16, 2020=◇◇◇
2019September 18, 2019=◇◇◇
2018September 21, 2018=◇◇◇
2017September 15, 2017=◇◇◇
2016September 22, 2016=◇◇◇
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Citations

Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
179 figures on this page: 169 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
169 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001628280-26-049813
    Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · Summary Compensation Table
  2. 0001628280-25-042186
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  3. 0001308179-24-000655
    Summary Compensation Table
  4. 0001628280-25-036188
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE · Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001628280-24-041114
  6. 0001193125-23-239702
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001308179-23-000926
    Summary Compensation Table
  8. 0001193125-22-247139
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001104659-21-116991
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001104659-20-106536
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001410578-19-001381
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001104659-18-058451
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001104659-17-057663
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  14. 0001104659-16-146312
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Take-Two Interactive Software discloses

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

DraftKings Inc.Electronic Arts Inc.Match Group, Inc.Playtika Ltd.Roblox Corporation

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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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