Bawa, who was not a named executive officer at Zoom during its 20 fiscal years, didn’t respond to a request for comment. The popularity spike led to security concerns about Zoom’s platform, which has been the subject of lawsuits and inquiries by federal prosecutors and regulators. The influx “seems like something that we should have planned, but the pandemic was unplanned for all of us,” Bawa said at the event. The San Jose, Calif.-based video teleconferencing company’s daily meeting users jumped to 300 million in April 2020 from about 10 million five months earlier, Bawa said at a February event hosted by the Washington Post.

She has played a key role overseeing legal and business matters as Zoom saw a wave of new users staying at home during the pandemic.

gave top lawyer Aparna Bawa more than $10.6 million in total compensation last year as new users flocked to the video teleconferencing service, according to a proxy statement filed late Wednesday.īawa was promoted in June to chief operating officer, in addition to her role as chief legal officer.

Zoom stock in january 2020