Kyndryl Holdings (KD) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Martin Schroeter, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $15.8M in fiscal 2025, up 1% from $15.7M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 354:1, on median employee pay of $39,464.

Filed
June 16, 2025
Annual meeting
July 31, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$15.8M+1% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
354:1median $39,464
CEO pay in equity
73%$11.5M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
96%of votes cast
CEO target cash bonus
$2.4MMaximum payout was $4.8M
PSU share of LTI
65%Remaining 35% was RSUs
CEO maximum cash bonus
$4.8MFiscal 2025 award range
CEO Excess Plan contribution
$257,307Included in other compensation

How Schroeter was paid

$15.8M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary7%Stock awards73%Non-equity incentive18%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Martin SchroeterChairman and Chief Executive Officer$15,803,726
David WyshnerChief Financial Officer$6,148,193
Elly KeinanGroup President$10,806,174
Edward SeboldGeneral Counsel and Secretary$3,443,275
Maryjo CharbonnierChief Human Resources Officer$2,795,036

What changed and why

  • $15.8M$15,803,726 CEO total compensation exceeded $15,661,281 in fiscal 2024.
  • 65%65% of target NEO compensation opportunity was performance-based, with 75%-90% variable and at-risk.
  • Fiscal 2025 annual bonuses used revenue, adjusted EBITDA and corporate citizenship goals, with individual-performance adjustments.
  • Three-year PSU awards used adjusted operating cash flow, total signings and relative TSR metrics.
  • $42,233$42,233 of CEO other compensation represented personal security costs, alongside $257,307 in Excess Plan contributions.
  • The Compensation Committee made no significant changes to the fiscal 2025 executive compensation program.

Other Kyndryl Holdings proxy statements

  • 2026 proxy statement

    Martin Schroeter paid $21.8M (+38% on the year), pay ratio 501:1.

    Filed Jun 16, 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.