Quinstreet (QNST) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Douglas Valenti, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $7.7M in fiscal Year 2025, up 29% from $5.9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 79:1, on median employee pay of $97,191.

Filed
September 16, 2025
Annual meeting
October 30, 2025
Pay year
fiscal Year 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$7.7M+29% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
79:1median $97,191
CEO pay in equity
92%$7.1M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
99%of votes cast
CEO PSU maximum value
$3,551,000At highest performance
Bonus opportunity range
52%-100%Of annual base salary
CEO 2024 total
$5,947,270Prior fiscal year
CFO total compensation
$3,072,460

How Valenti was paid

$7.7M in total for fiscal Year 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary8%Stock awards92%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Douglas ValentiChairperson and Chief Executive Officer$7,692,200
Gregory WongChief Financial Officer$3,072,460
Nina BhanapChief Technology Officer and President, Product and Technology$3,402,422
Tim StevensChief Operating Officer$2,365,445
Martin J. CollinsChief Legal and Privacy Officer$1,818,540

What changed and why

  • $7.7M$7,692,200 CEO total compensation increased from $5,947,270 in fiscal 2024.
  • $7.1M$7,102,200 represented the CEO’s fiscal 2025 stock awards; no bonus or non-equity incentive was reported.
  • 100%100% of fiscal 2025 PSU awards satisfied performance conditions and will vest over four years.
  • Media margin dollar targets, individual achievement, strategic objectives, and other factors determined fiscal 2025 bonuses.
  • $97,190.9979:1 was the fiscal 2025 CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on median employee pay of $97,190.99.
  • 99%99% of votes cast supported executive compensation at the 2024 annual meeting.

Other Quinstreet proxy statements

  • 2026 proxy statement

    Douglas Valenti paid $6.8M (-12% on the year), pay ratio 65:1.

    Filed Sep 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.