UPWK · Upwork, Inc · Executive Compensation
$8.16
+0.06 (+0.74%)
At close · Sep 30
Return incl. dividend (before tax)
Market Cap
$1.02B
Shares
124.90M
Volume · Sep 30
1.95M
Avg daily vol (3M)
3.25M
Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.
Fiscal 2025
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Hayden Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $17,094,702 |
| Erica Gessert | Chief Financial Officer | $5,610,517 |
| David T. Bottoms | GM, Marketplace | $3,515,809 |
Fiscal 2024
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Hayden Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $9,931,909 |
| Erica Gessert | Chief Financial Officer | $4,440,725 |
| David T. Bottoms | GM, Marketplace | $3,149,926 |
Fiscal 2023
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Hayden Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $9,508,141 |
| Erica Gessert | Chief Financial Officer | $5,514,919 |
| Eric Gilpin | Former Chief Sales Officer | $1,452,812 |
Fiscal 2022
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Hayden Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $8,474,727 |
| Jeff McCombs | Former Chief Financial Officer | $5,669,987 |
| Eric Gilpin | Former Chief Sales Officer | $3,477,991 |
Fiscal 2021
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Hayden Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $34,909,304 |
| Jeff McCombs | Former Chief Financial Officer | $2,746,045 |
| Eric Gilpin | Former Chief Sales Officer | $1,486,601 |
Fiscal 2020
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff McCombs | Former Chief Financial Officer | $5,194,563 |
| Eric Gilpin | Chief Sales Officer | $1,638,987 |
| Hayden Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $848,412 |
| Brian Kinion | Former Chief Financial Officer | $492,208 |
Fiscal 2019
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Hayden Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $11,530,892 |
| Han-Shen Yuan | Former Senior Vice President, Engineering | $1,052,221 |
| Stephane Kasriel | Former President and Chief Executive Officer | $614,769 |
| Brian Kinion | Chief Financial Officer | $426,347 |
Fiscal 2018
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Stephane Kasriel | Former President and Chief Executive Officer | $9,715,513 |
| Brian Kinion | Former Chief Financial Officer | $492,140 |
| Hayden Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $478,000 |
Fiscal 2017
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Kinion | Chief Financial Officer | $2,005,440 |
| Hayden Brown | Former Chief Marketing and Product Office; Current President and Chief Executive Officer | $1,473,760 |
| Stephane Kasriel | Former President and Chief Executive Officer | $645,596 |
Executive changes
| Person | Role | Change | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Brown | interim principal financial officer | Appointed | 2026-07-16 |
| David Lissy | member of the Board's audit, risk and compliance committee | Appointed | 2026-06-05 |
| Claire Bramley | member of the Board's audit, risk and compliance committee | Appointed | 2026-06-05 |
| Gary Steele | director | Appointed | 2026-06-05 |
| Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri | the Board | Resigned | 2026-06-05 |
| David Lissy | Class II director | Appointed | 2026-06-05 |
| Claire Bramley | Class II director | Appointed | 2026-06-05 |
| David T. Bottoms | GM, Marketplace | Resigned | 2026-03-18 |
| Sabrina Mekhalfa | Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer | Appointed | 2025-12-11 |
| Anthony Kappus | Chief Operating Officer | Appointed | 2025-08-12 |
| Erica Gessert | interim principal accounting officer | Appointed | 2025-07-24 |
| Olivier Marie | Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer | Resigned | 2025-07-24 |
| Glenn Kelman | Class III director | Appointed | 2025-06-05 |
| Gregory C. Gretsch | Board | Retired | 2025-06-05 |
| Erica Gessert | Chief Financial Officer | Appointed | 2023-03-28 |