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Arbor Realty Trust Executive Compensation (FY25)
ABR · Uniondale, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 20, 2026
166 figures on this page: 160 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
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
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivan Kaufman Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Paul Elenio Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Gene Kilgore Executive Vice President — Structured Securitization | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Danny Reis Executive Vice President — Servicing and Asset Management | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Steven Katz Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer — Residential Financing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
David Friedman Executive Vice President — Chief Credit Officer and Head of Non-Agency Production & Syndications | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny van der Reis | RSA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Friedman | RSA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivan Kaufman | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — |
| Ivan Kaufman | RSA | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Paul Elenio | RSA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Steven Katz | RSA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Elenio | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| David Friedman | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Danny van der Reis | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Ivan Kaufman | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Steven Katz | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William C. Green Lead independent director | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Melvin F. Lazar | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Elliot Schwartz | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Edward Farrell | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Kenneth J. Bacon | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Caryn Effron | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Carrie Wilkens | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Joseph Martello | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
George Tsunis | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
John Natalone and Ivan Kaufman 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 restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x level of total cash compensation
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.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 20, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 21, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 22, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 17, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | June 3, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | May 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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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Arbor Realty Trust disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceSay-on-pay responsiveness
Arbor Realty Trust recorded a low support level. The responsiveness analysis covers what the company said it would do, what it did, and how that compares with the companies that recovered their vote.
Responsiveness analysisAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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Velarion IntelligenceCitations
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166 figures on this page: 160 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
160 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001253986-26-000040Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001253986-26-0000272025 Director Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Year-End · Summary Compensation Table for 2025 · and 1 more section
- 0001628280-25-027117Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-25-018236Summary Compensation Table for 2024
- 0001628280-24-024745Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-24-016807Summary Compensation Table for 2023
- 0001104659-23-062733Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104659-23-046216Summary Compensation Table for 2022
- 0001104659-20-069820Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104659-17-033804Item 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}
}