Denali Therapeutics: Pay

Denali Therapeutics paid its 3 named executives $12.8M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Ryan J. Watts, Ph.D. was paid $4.8M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $20
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Ryan J. Watts, Ph.D.President and Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Alexander O. Schuth, M.D.Chief Operating and Financial Officer and Secretary
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Carole Ho, M.D.Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development (until November 14, 2025)
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2024 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 10 peers with pay on file was $14.0M. The CEO of Denali Therapeutics was paid $6.6M, 53% below the median.

  1. 1CRISPR Therapeutics AG
  2. 2BridgeBio Pharma
  3. 3Ionis Pharmaceuticals
  4. 4Intellia Therapeutics
  5. 5Cytokinetics
  6. 6Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
  7. 7Vir Biotechnology
  8. 8Agios Pharmaceuticals
  9. 9Denali Therapeutics
  10. 10Beam Therapeutics
  11. 11Sarepta Therapeutics
  12. 12Alector TherapeuticsNot disclosed
  13. 13Amylyx PharmaceuticalsNot disclosed
  14. 14Arcus BiosciencesNot disclosed
  15. 15Axsome TherapeuticsNot disclosed
  16. 16Cerevel Therapeutics HoldingsNot disclosed
  17. 17Intra-Cellular TherapiesNot disclosed
  18. 18Karuna TherapeuticsNot disclosed
  19. 19Legend Biotech Corp.Not disclosed
  20. 20Mirati TherapeuticsNot disclosed
  21. 21Prothena CorporationNot disclosed
  22. 22REGENXBIONot disclosed
  23. 23Sage TherapeuticsNot disclosed
  24. 24VaxcyteNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.