Zoom Communications (ZM) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Eric S. Yuan, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $1.3M in fiscal 2026, down 63% from $3.4M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 7.8:1, on median employee pay of $165,164.

Filed
April 30, 2026
Annual meeting
June 11, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2026
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$1.3M-63% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
7.8:1median $165,164
CEO pay in equity
36%$464,022 in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
81%of votes cast
CEO Salary
$450,000For fiscal 2026
CEO Target Bonus
$576,000Under the Officer Incentive Plan
Say-on-Pay Support
81%At the 2025 annual meeting

How Yuan was paid

$1.3M 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.

Salary35%Stock awards36%Non-equity incentive23%All other compensation6%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Eric S. YuanPresident and Chief Executive Officer$1,280,858
Michelle ChangChief Financial Officer$1,220,008
Aparna BawaChief Operating Officer$1,030,201
Velchamy SankarlingamPresident of Product and Engineering$1,052,601

What changed and why

  • $3.4MCEO total compensation decreased from $3,428,169 in fiscal 2025 to $1,280,858 in fiscal 2026.
  • Stock awards granted to the CEO decreased due to the absence of large multi-year equity refresh grants in fiscal 2026.
  • In fiscal 2027, the company is transitioning from four-year refresh equity grants to annual refresh equity grants.
  • The company previously discontinued its supplemental grant program so no NEOs receive supplemental grants after January 2024.
  • 81%Approximately 81% of the votes cast were voted in favor of the advisory say-on-pay vote at the 2025 annual meeting.

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.