Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Bobak Azamian, President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Chairman, was paid $6.6M in fiscal 2025, down 16% from $7.9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 26:1, on median employee pay of $251,525.

Filed
April 28, 2026
Annual meeting
June 25, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$6.6M-16% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
26:1median $251,525
CEO pay in equity
80%$5.3M in awards
2025 Net Product Sales
$451.4MSignificant growth over 2024 sales
CEO Target Bonus
70%Increased from 60% in prior year
Annual Incentive Funding
108%Based on corporate goal achievement
CEO Pay Ratio
26:1Compared to median employee
Median Employee Pay
$251,525Annual total compensation

How Azamian was paid

$6.6M 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.

Salary11%Stock awards40%Option awards40%Non-equity incentive8%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Bobak AzamianPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Board Chairman$6,617,979
Jeffrey FarrowChief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer$2,677,617
Seshadri NeervannanChief Operating Officer$2,628,172
Aziz MottiwalaChief Commercial Officer$2,789,529
Bryan WahlGeneral Counsel$2,560,205

What changed and why

  • $451.4MNet product sales grew to $451.4 million in 2025 compared to $180.1 million in 2024.
  • 3.4%Base salaries for named executive officers increased by 3.4% to 7.6% in March 2025.
  • 60%Dr. Azamian's target annual bonus percentage increased from 60% to 70% of base salary.
  • 108%The annual cash incentive program was funded at 108% based on corporate goal achievement.
  • Special transformational performance-based RSUs were granted to executive officers for the first time.

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.