Stride (LRN) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

James J. Rhyu, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $21.5M in fiscal 2025, up 38% from $15.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 377:1, on median employee pay of $56,973.

Filed
October 24, 2025
Annual meeting
December 4, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$21.5M+38% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
377:1median $56,973
CEO pay in equity
78%$16.9M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
93%of votes cast
CEO stock awards
$16,860,903Fiscal 2025
CEO incentive compensation
$3,619,426Fiscal 2025
Maximum CEO PSU value
$17,711,139Fiscal 2025 grants
McMullen sign-on bonus
$100,000Subject to prorated repayment

How Rhyu was paid

$21.5M 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.

Salary5%Stock awards78%Non-equity incentive17%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
James J. RhyuChief Executive Officer$21,496,095
Donna BlackmanChief Financial Officer$6,053,327
Todd GoldthwaiteManaging Director, Portfolio Companies$1,750,280
Greerson G. McMullen, Sr.Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$1,963,698
Vincent W. MathisFormer Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$1,882,666

What changed and why

  • $21.5M$21,496,095 CEO total compensation increased from $15,623,124 in fiscal 2024.
  • $16.9M$16,860,903 of CEO compensation came from stock awards.
  • $3.6M$3,619,426 CEO non-equity incentive compensation increased from $2,596,538 in fiscal 2024.
  • 93%93% of votes cast supported fiscal 2024 named executive officer compensation.
  • $17.7M$17,711,139 was the maximum grant-date value of the CEO’s fiscal 2025 PSUs.
  • Adjusted operating income, stock price CAGR, and value driver revenue were performance metrics for fiscal 2025 awards.

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.