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Varonis Systems Executive Compensation (FY25)

VRNS · Miami, FL · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Yakov Faitelson
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 1, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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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 — Yakov Faitelson: $14,502,288 → $14,375,278 (0.9% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 83.9% → 91.2% (7.3 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 93:1 → 89:1 (4.3% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Varonis Systems' chief executive and what were they paid?
Yakov Faitelson, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board, received $14,375,278 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Faitelson's total moved 0.9% lower from the $14,502,288 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Varonis Systems' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 91.2% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 1, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Varonis Systems' peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include BlackLine, Inc., Elastic N.V., Five9, Inc., LiveRamp Holdings and MongoDB, among others.
What is Varonis Systems' chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 89:1, against median employee compensation of $161,769.

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
Yakov Faitelson
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David Bass
Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Guy Melamed
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James O Boyle
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dov Gottlieb
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Yakov Faitelson
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David Bass
Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Guy Melamed
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James O Boyle
Vice Chairman Sales
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dov Gottlieb
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Yakov Faitelson
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Guy Melamed
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David Bass
Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
James O Boyle
Vice Chairman Sales
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dov Gottlieb
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Yakov Faitelson
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David Bass
Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Guy Melamed
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gregory Pomeroy
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
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
David BassRSU◇——◇——◇
David BassPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Dov GottliebRSU◇——◇——◇
Dov GottliebPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Dov GottliebPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Dov GottliebRSU◇——◇——◇
Gregory PomeroyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Gregory PomeroyRSU◇——◇——◇
Guy MelamedRSU◇——◇——◇
Guy MelamedPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
James O BoyleRSU◇——◇——◇
James O BoylePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Yakov FaitelsonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Yakov FaitelsonRSU◇——◇——◇
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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Yakov FaitelsonRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
David BassRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Gregory PomeroyRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Dov GottliebRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Guy MelamedRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
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.
David Bass
Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Guy Melamed
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
Yakov Faitelson
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John J. Gavin, Jr
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Gili Iohan
◇◇————◇
Kevin Comolli
◇◇————◇
Fred van den Bosch
◇◇————◇
Avrohom J. Kess
◇◇————◇
Ohad Korkus
◇◇————◇
Ofer Segev
◇◇————◇
Rachel Prishkolnik
◇◇————◇
Thomas F. Mendoza
◇◇————◇
Carlos Aued
◇◇————◇
Yakov Faitelson 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◇
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
  • BlackLine, Inc. BL
  • Elastic N.V. ESTC
  • Five9, Inc. FIVN
  • LiveRamp Holdings RAMP
  • MongoDB MDB
  • Okta OKTA
  • PagerDuty Inc. PD
  • Paylocity Holdings PCTY
  • Q2 Holdings QTWO
  • Qualys QLYS
  • Rapid7 RPD
  • SentinelOne S
  • Smartsheet Inc. SMAR
  • Tenable Holdings, Inc. TENB
  • Upwork UPWK
  • Verint Systems VRNT
  • Workiva WK

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 1, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 5, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 3, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 5, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 25, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 25, 2021=◇◇◇
2019May 26, 2020=◇◇◇
2018May 2, 2019=◇◇◇
2017April 26, 2018=◇◇◇

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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Citations

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301 figures on this page: 292 cited to the filing that reported them, 9 calculated from figures it prints.
292 cited to the filing
9 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001171843-26-003887
    PROPOSAL NO. 2 Advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
  2. 0001140361-26-015263
    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PAY RATIO · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001171843-25-003769
    PROPOSAL NO. 2 Advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
  4. 0001140361-25-014911
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001140361-24-029018
  6. 0001140361-24-020656
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001140361-23-028792
  8. 0001140361-23-019481
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0001171843-22-003936
  10. 0001171843-21-003768
  11. 0001171843-20-004041
  12. 0001171843-19-003073
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001171843-18-003355
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Varonis Systems discloses

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

BlackLine, Inc.Elastic N.V.Five9, Inc.LiveRamp HoldingsMongoDBOktaPagerDuty Inc.Paylocity HoldingsQ2 HoldingsQualysRapid7SentinelOneSmartsheet Inc.Tenable Holdings, Inc.UpworkVerint SystemsWorkiva

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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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