CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

George Kurtz, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, was paid $247.6M in fiscal 2026, up 603% from $35.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 1,391:1, on median employee pay of $178,015.

Filed
May 5, 2026
Annual meeting
June 17, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2026
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$247.6M+603% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
1,391:1median $178,015
CEO pay in equity
98%$242.1M in awards
Maximum TSR PSU value
$289,884,000Kurtz December 2025 award
Kurtz salary
$1,100,000Fiscal 2026
Sentonas total pay
$33,634,645Fiscal 2026
Podbere total pay
$17,375,400Fiscal 2026
Kurtz private aircraft costs
$2,462,316Included in all other compensation

How Kurtz was paid

$247.6M in total for fiscal 2026, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary0%Stock awards98%Non-equity incentive1%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
George KurtzChief Executive Officer, President and Director$247,579,143
Michael SentonasPresident$33,634,645
Burt PodbereChief Financial Officer$17,375,400
Shawn HenryFormer Chief Security Officer$625,701

What changed and why

  • $242.1M$242,124,351 in stock awards drove Kurtz’s $247,579,143 total compensation, versus $35,195,300 in fiscal 2025.
  • $289.9M$289,884,000 was the maximum-performance grant-date value of Kurtz’s December 2025 TSR PSU award.
  • Fiscal 2026 PSUs used revenue and non-GAAP earnings-per-share performance metrics for Kurtz, Sentonas and Podbere.
  • $178K1,391:1 was the CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on median employee compensation of $178,015.
  • March 31, 2025 was Henry’s retirement date; he received no stock or incentive compensation in fiscal 2026.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.