Guidewire Software (GWRE) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Mike Rosenbaum, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $14M in 2025, up 24% from $11.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 86:1, on median employee pay of $162,228.

Filed
October 30, 2025
Annual meeting
December 15, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$14M+24% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
86:1median $162,228
CEO pay in equity
88%$12.3M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
98%of votes cast
Highest NEO total pay
$15,370,059John Mullen
CEO stock awards
$12,280,203Fiscal 2025
CEO target bonus
$750,000Annual bonus opportunity
Maximum bonus
150%Of target

How Rosenbaum was paid

$14M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary5%Stock awards88%Non-equity incentive7%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Mike RosenbaumChief Executive Officer$14,012,061
John MullenPresident$15,370,059
Jeff CooperChief Financial Officer$6,505,931
Winston KingChief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and Secretary$3,840,462
David PetersonChief Accounting Officer$906,730

What changed and why

  • $15.4M$15.4M John Mullen received the highest total compensation among named executives.
  • $12.3M$12.3M CEO stock awards represented the largest component of Mike Rosenbaum’s $14.0M total compensation.
  • $162K86:1 was the CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on median employee compensation of $162,228.
  • $15.4M$15.4M was the maximum-level aggregate fair value of CEO performance-vesting RSUs granted in fiscal 2025.
  • 150%150% of target was the maximum annual bonus opportunity under the Bonus Plan.
  • 98%Over 98% of votes cast supported the prior say-on-pay proposal.

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.