Zai Lab (ZLAB) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Samantha (Ying) Du, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board of Directors, was paid $10.7M in 2025, up 18% from $9.1M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 152:1, on median employee pay of $70,126.

Filed
April 28, 2026
Annual meeting
June 17, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$10.7M+18% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
152:1median $70,126
CEO pay in equity
85%$9.1M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
81%of votes cast
CEO Total Compensation
$10.68MIncrease from $9.08M in 2024
Pay Ratio
152:1Ratio of CEO to median employee pay
Median Employee Pay
$70,126Annual total compensation for 2025

How Du was paid

$10.7M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary9%Stock awards30%Option awards55%Non-equity incentive7%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Samantha (Ying) DuChief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board of Directors$10,677,221
Yajing ChenChief Financial Officer$3,185,488
Rafael AmadoPresident, Head of Global Research and Development$4,010,205
F. Ty EdmondsonChief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$3,284,432
Josh SmileyPresident and Chief Operating Officer$4,700,527

What changed and why

  • The Compensation Committee did not increase 2025 base salaries, target bonuses, or long-term incentives for NEOs.
  • The CEO annual bonus for 2025 was based entirely on corporate performance.
  • 80%Other NEO bonuses were weighted 80% corporate performance and 20% individual performance.
  • 81%The say-on-pay proposal at the 2025 annual meeting received approximately 81% support.
  • $10.7MTotal CEO compensation for 2025 was $10,677,221.

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.