ZeroStack (ZSTK) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Clifford Starke, former Chief Executive Officer, was paid $2.7M in 2024, up 333% from $628,516 the year before.

Filed
November 4, 2025
Annual meeting
December 19, 2025
Pay year
2024
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$2.7M+333% vs prior year
CEO pay in equity
83%$2.3M in awards
SAR awards
$1,094,435Granted to Clifford Starke
Common Shares Awards
$1,170,000Granted to Clifford Starke
CFO total compensation
$1,135,804Dany Vaiman, 2024
Starke bonus
$36,0002024 annual bonus
Vaiman bonus
$18,0002024 annual bonus

How Starke was paid

$2.7M in total for 2024, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary15%Bonus1%Stock awards43%Option awards40%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Clifford Starkeformer Chief Executive Officer$2,720,435
Sammy Dorfformer Executive Chairman$345,967
Dany VaimanChief Financial Officer$1,135,804
Luis Merchanformer Chief Executive Officer—
Hussein Rakineformer Chief Executive Officer—
Matthew Cohenformer General Counsel—

What changed and why

  • $2.7M2024 CEO total was $2,720,435 versus $628,516 in 2023.
  • $1.2MClifford Starke received $1,170,000 in Common Shares Awards and $1,094,435 in SAR Awards.
  • $36,0002024 annual bonuses were $36,000 for Starke and $18,000 for Vaiman.
  • Cash bonuses depended on corporate and individual goals determined by the Board.
  • $23,806Vaiman's $23,806 other compensation included $21,212 vacation accrual and $2,594 health and dental benefits.

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.