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Arbor Realty Trust Executive Compensation (FY25)

ABR · Uniondale, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Ivan Kaufman
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 20, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Ivan Kaufman: $12,057,878 → $11,785,559 (2.3% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 77.3% → 55.9% (21.4 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 116:1 → 107:1 (7.8% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Arbor Realty Trust's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Ivan Kaufman, Chief Executive Officer and President, came to $11,785,559 in fiscal 2025. Kaufman's total was 2.3% lower than the $12,057,878 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Arbor Realty Trust's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 55.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 20, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
What is Arbor Realty Trust's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 107:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $109,961.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ivan Kaufman
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
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Paul Elenio
Chief Financial Officer
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Gene Kilgore
Executive Vice President — Structured Securitization
◇◇◇———◇◇
Danny Reis
Executive Vice President — Servicing and Asset Management
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Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ivan Kaufman
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇◇———◇◇
Steven Katz
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer — Residential Financing
◇◇◇———◇◇
Paul Elenio
Chief Financial Officer
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Danny van der Reis
Executive Vice President — Servicing and Asset Management
◇◇◇———◇◇
John Caulfield
Chief Operating Officer – Agency Lending
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Gene Kilgore
Executive Vice President — Structured Securitization
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Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ivan Kaufman
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇◇———◇◇
Steven Katz
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer — Residential Financing
◇◇◇———◇◇
Paul Elenio
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Danny van der Reis
Executive Vice President — Servicing and Asset Management
◇◇◇———◇◇
Gene Kilgore
Executive Vice President — Structured Securitization
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Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ivan Kaufman
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇◇———◇◇
Steven Katz
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer — Residential Financing
◇◇◇———◇◇
Paul Elenio
Chief Financial Officer
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Danny van der Reis
Executive Vice President — Servicing and Asset Management
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David Friedman
Executive Vice President — Chief Credit Officer and Head of Non-Agency Production & Syndications
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A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Danny van der ReisRSU◇——◇——◇
David FriedmanRSA———————
Ivan KaufmanPSU◇———◇——
Ivan KaufmanRSU◇——◇——◇
Paul ElenioRSU◇——◇——◇
Steven KatzRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Ivan KaufmanRSU◇◇——
Steven KatzRSU◇◇——
Paul ElenioRSU◇◇——
Danny van der ReisRSU◇◇——
David FriedmanRSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
William C. Green
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Melvin F. Lazar
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Elliot Schwartz
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Carrie Wilkens
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Edward Farrell
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Caryn Effron
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Kenneth J. Bacon
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Joseph Martello
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George Tsunis
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Ivan Kaufman and John Natalone served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as Stock.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 20, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 21, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 22, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 17, 2023=◇◇◇
2019June 3, 2020=◇◇◇
2016May 17, 2017=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

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181 figures on this page: 175 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
175 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001253986-26-000040
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001253986-26-000027
    CEO Pay Ratio · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
  3. 0001628280-25-027117
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001628280-25-018236
  5. 0001628280-24-024745
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001628280-24-016807
  7. 0001104659-23-062733
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001104659-23-046216
    Summary Compensation Table for 2022
  9. 0001104659-20-069820
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001104659-17-033804
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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