MongoDB (MDB) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Chirantan Desai, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $52.8M in fiscal 2026. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 184:1, on median employee pay of $290,954.

Filed
May 19, 2026
Annual meeting
June 30, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2026
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$52.8Mfiscal 2026
CEO to median employee
184:1median $290,954
CEO pay in equity
100%$52.6M in awards
CEO annualized compensation
$53,614,135Used for pay-ratio calculation
CEO target bonus
70%Of annual base salary
Sign-on cash bonus
$2,500,000Paid under Desai offer letter
Desai PSU award
$36,114,892One-time CEO sign-on award
Desai RSU award
$16,487,053One-time CEO sign-on award

How Desai was paid

$52.8M 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 awards100%Non-equity incentive0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Chirantan DesaiPresident and Chief Executive Officer$52,830,661
Dev IttycheriaFormer President and Chief Executive Officer$16,273,947
Michael BerryChief Financial Officer$13,276,428
Srdjan TanjgaFormer Interim Chief Financial Officer$221,151
Cedric PechPresident of Field Operations$9,322,065

What changed and why

  • $52.6M$52.6M was CEO Desai’s stock-award value, including one-time sign-on RSUs and PSUs.
  • $2.5M$2.5M was Desai’s sign-on cash bonus under his CEO offer letter.
  • 70%70% of base salary was Desai’s annual target bonus opportunity.
  • November 2025 brought Desai’s appointment as CEO and Ittycheria’s resignation from that role.
  • 184:1 was the CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, elevated by Desai’s appointment package.
  • Performance-based cash bonuses reflected company goals and individual target bonus amounts.

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.