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Twilio Executive Compensation (FY25)
TWLO · San Francisco, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025 ◇ Khozema Shipchandler | Latest say-on-pay support = June 16, 2026 |
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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 — Khozema Shipchandler: $27,210,463 → $24,291,917 (10.7% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 84.5% → 93.5% (9.0 points higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Twilio's chief executive and what were they paid?
Khozema Shipchandler was paid $24,291,917 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and Director for fiscal 2025. Shipchandler's total moved 10.7% lower from the $27,210,463 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Twilio's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 93.5% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 16, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Twilio's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Akamai Technologies, Inc., Ansys, Inc., AppLovin Corporation, Autodesk, Inc. and Cloudflare, Inc., among others.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeff Lawson Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Elena Donio President, Twilio Data & Applications | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Khozema Shipchandler President, Twilio Communications | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Eyal Manor Former Chief Product Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Dana Wagner Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aidan Viggiano Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Khozema Shipchandler Chief Executive Officer and Director and Former President, Twilio Communications | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Elena Donio Former President, Twilio Data & Applications Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Dana Wagner Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jeff Lawson Former Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Khozema Shipchandler Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Aidan Viggiano Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jeff Lawson Former Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Dana Wagner Former Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Khozema Shipchandler Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Aidan Viggiano Chief Financial 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
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aidan Viggiano | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Aidan Viggiano | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Khozema Shipchandler | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Khozema Shipchandler | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
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
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aidan Viggiano | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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| Khozema Shipchandler | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| 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.
Aidan Viggiano
Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
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| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
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| Excise tax treatment | ◇ |
Khozema Shipchandler
Chief Executive Officer and Director · 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 | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeff Epstein Board chair | — | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jeffrey Immelt | — | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Andrew Stafman | — | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Charles Bell | — | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Erika Rottenberg | — | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Miyuki Suzuki | — | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Donna Dubinsky | — | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Deval Patrick | — | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Douglas Robinson and Khozema Shipchandler 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 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 | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x Annual Board Retainer
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM
- Ansys, Inc. ANSS
- AppLovin Corporation APP
- Autodesk, Inc. ADSK
- Cloudflare, Inc. NET
- DocuSign, Inc. DOCU
- Dropbox, Inc. DBX
- Dynatrace, Inc. DT
- Fortinet, Inc. FTNT
- GoDaddy Inc. GDDY
- Hubspot, Inc. HUBS
- Informatica Inc. INFA
- Nutanix, Inc. NTNX
- Okta, Inc. OKTA
- RingCentral, Inc. RNG
- Snap Inc. SNAP
- Snowflake Inc. SNOW
- Teradata Corp. TDC
- Ubiquiti Inc. UI
- UiPath, Inc. PATH
- Zoom Communications, Inc. ZM
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 16, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 11, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 6, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | June 13, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | June 22, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | June 16, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | June 3, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | June 18, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
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181 figures on this page: 173 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
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Documents cited
- 0001447669-26-000055Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-26-0174442025 Non-Employee Director Compensation Table · Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table · Non-Employee Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table · and 1 more section
- 0001193125-25-139163Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-25-015756Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001193125-24-158347Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-24-022258Summary Compensation Table
- 0001447669-23-000117Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-23-020583Summary Compensation Table
- 0001447669-22-000125Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001447669-21-000163Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001447669-20-000093Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001447669-19-000007Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Twilio discloses
The companies named in TWLO's own disclosed peer group.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.Ansys, Inc.AppLovin CorporationAutodesk, Inc.Cloudflare, Inc.DocuSign, Inc.Dropbox, Inc.Dynatrace, Inc.Fortinet, Inc.GoDaddy Inc.Hubspot, Inc.Informatica Inc.Nutanix, Inc.Okta, Inc.RingCentral, Inc.Snap Inc.Snowflake Inc.Teradata Corp.Ubiquiti Inc.UiPath, Inc.Zoom 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
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}
}