Duolingo: Pay

Duolingo paid its 5 named executives $18.0M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Luis von Ahn was paid $767.5K of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY21 → $165
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

Matthew SkaruppaFormer Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Natalie GlanceChief Engineering Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Stephen ChenGeneral Counsel
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Robert MeeseChief Business Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Luis von AhnChief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 11 peers with pay on file was $12.6M. The CEO of Duolingo was paid $767.5K, 94% below the median.

  1. 1Match Group
  2. 2Pinterest
  3. 3Roblox
  4. 4BILL Holdings
  5. 5Freshworks
  6. 6Box
  7. 7DoubleVerify Holdings
  8. 8Braze
  9. 9nCino
  10. 10Appfolio
  11. 11Reddit
  12. 12Duolingo
  13. 13Affirm HoldingsNot disclosed
  14. 14Bumble, Inc.Not disclosed
  15. 15GitlabNot disclosed
  16. 16RubrikNot disclosed
  17. 17Tripadvisor, Inc.Not disclosed
  18. 18Yelp, Inc.Not 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.