Lyft (LYFT) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

David Risher, Chief Executive Officer and member of our board of directors, was paid $2.8M in fiscal 2025, up 114% from $1.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 18:1, on median employee pay of $157,418.

Filed
April 10, 2026
Annual meeting
June 3, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
3
CEO total pay
$2.8M+114% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
18:1median $157,418
CEO Pay Ratio
18:1Based on median employee pay of $157,418.
CEO Base Salary
$725,000Unchanged from prior year.
CEO Non-Equity Incentive
$1,871,625Earned for fiscal 2025 performance.
CFO Total Compensation
$5,971,370Includes stock awards of $4,957,594.

How Risher was paid

$2.8M 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.

Salary26%Non-equity incentive66%All other compensation8%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
David RisherChief Executive Officer and member of our board of directors$2,824,088
Erin BrewerChief Financial Officer$5,971,370
Lindsay LlewellynChief Legal and Business Officer and Corporate Secretary$5,333,477

What changed and why

  • $2.8MCEO total compensation increased to $2,824,088 in fiscal 2025 due to performance-based annual cash incentive achievement.
  • Mr. Risher received no equity awards in 2025 as part of his multi-year arrangement.
  • $450KMs. Llewellyn received cash bonuses totaling $450,000 for retention and interim service as Chief People Officer.
  • Executive equity awards include both time-based RSUs and stock price performance-based units (PSUs).

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.