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Verisign Executive Compensation (FY25)

VRSN · Reston, VA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 21, 2026
303 figures on this page: 293 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Total compensation for D. James Bidzos, Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $15,536,674 in fiscal 2025, and Bidzos' total moved 10.5% higher from the $14,055,378 reported for fiscal 2024. The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 67:1, against median employee compensation of $233,491. The say-on-pay proposal drew 95.8% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2026 for fiscal 2025. The disclosed peer group includes Akamai Technologies, ANSYS, Autodesk, Broadridge Financial and Cadence Design Systems, among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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D. James Bidzos
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 21, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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 — D. James Bidzos: $14,055,378 → $15,536,674 (10.5% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 63:1 → 67:1 (6.3% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Verisign's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for D. James Bidzos, Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $15,536,674 in fiscal 2025. Bidzos' total moved 10.5% higher from the $14,055,378 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Verisign's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 95.8% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Verisign's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Akamai Technologies, ANSYS, Autodesk, Broadridge Financial and Cadence Design Systems, among others.
What is Verisign's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 67:1, against median employee compensation of $233,491.

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
D. James Bidzos
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Todd B. Strubbe
Former President and Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
George E. Kilguss, III
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Danny R. McPherson
Executive Vice President, Engineering, Operations and Chief Security Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Thomas C. Indelicarto
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
D. James Bidzos
Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Todd B. Strubbe
Former President and Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Danny R. McPherson
Executive Vice President, Engineering, Operations, and Chief Security Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
George E. Kilguss, III
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Thomas C. Indelicarto
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
D. James Bidzos
Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Danny R. McPherson
Executive Vice President, Engineering, Operations, and Chief Security Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
George E. Kilguss, III
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Thomas C. Indelicarto
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Todd B. Strubbe
Former President and Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
D. James Bidzos
Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Danny McPherson
Executive Vice President, Technology and Chief Security Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Thomas Indelicarto
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
George Kilguss, III
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
John Calys
Executive Vice President and 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
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
D. James BidzosRSU◇——◇——◇
D. James BidzosPSU◇◇◇◇◇—◇
Danny R. McPhersonPSU◇◇◇◇◇—◇
Danny R. McPhersonPSU◇◇◇◇◇—◇
Danny R. McPhersonRSU◇——◇——◇
Danny R. McPhersonRSU◇——◇——◇
George E. Kilguss IIIPSU◇◇◇◇◇—◇
George E. Kilguss IIIRSU◇——◇——◇
John D. CalysPSU◇◇◇◇◇—◇
John D. CalysRSU◇——◇——◇
John D. CalysRSU◇——◇——◇
John D. CalysPSU◇◇◇◇◇—◇
Thomas C. IndelicartoRSU◇——◇——◇
Thomas C. IndelicartoPSU◇◇◇◇◇—◇
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
Danny McPhersonRSU◇◇——
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D. BidzosRSU◇◇——
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Thomas IndelicartoRSU◇◇——
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John CalysRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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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
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Timothy Tomlinson
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Yehuda Ari Buchalter
◇◇————◇
Kathleen A. Cote
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Courtney D. Armstrong
◇◇————◇
Jamie S. Gorelick
◇◇————◇
Debra W. McCann
◇◇————◇
Matthew J. Desch
◇◇————◇
Thomas F. Frist III
◇—————◇
Roger H. Moore
◇—————◇
D. James Bidzos 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 member◇
Compensation committee member◇
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
  • Akamai Technologies AKAM
  • ANSYS ANSS
  • Autodesk ADSK
  • Broadridge Financial BR
  • Cadence Design Systems CDNS
  • Corpay CPAY
  • Equinix EQIX
  • F5, Inc. FFIV
  • Factset Research Systems FDS
  • Fortinet FTNT
  • Global Payments GPN
  • GoDaddy GDDY
  • Jack Henry JKHY
  • Paychex PAYX
  • Roper Technologies ROP
  • Synopsys SNPS
  • Teradata TDC
  • Verisk Analytics VRSK

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 21, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 22, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 23, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 25, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 26, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 27, 2021=◇◇◇
2018May 23, 2019=◇◇◇
2017May 24, 2018=◇◇◇
2016May 25, 2017=◇◇◇
2015—=◇◇◇

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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303 figures on this page: 293 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
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10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

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    CEO Pay Ratio · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in · Non-Employee Director Compensation Table for · Non-Employee Director Compensation Table for 2025 · and 2 more sections
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    Summary Compensation Table
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  6. 0001014473-24-000015
    Summary Compensation Table
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    Summary Compensation Table
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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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