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Accel Entertainment Executive Compensation (FY25)

ACEL · Burr Ridge, IL · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Andrew Rubenstein
Median of the other named officers
$942,962
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 7, 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
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Chief executive total compensation — Andrew Rubenstein: $3,815,620 → $3,571,551 (6.4% lower)
CEO pay ratio: 69:1 → 67:1 (2.9% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Accel Entertainment's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Andrew Rubenstein, Chief Executive Officer and President, came to $3,571,551 in fiscal 2025. Compared with the $3,815,620 reported for fiscal 2024, Rubenstein's total was 6.4% lower.
What was Accel Entertainment's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 99.8% support at the meeting held May 7, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Accel Entertainment's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Bally's Corporation, Boyd Gaming Corporation, Century Casinos, Inc., Churchill Downs Incorporated and Everi Holdings, Inc., among others.
What is Accel Entertainment's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 67:1, against median employee compensation of $53,299.

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
Andrew Rubenstein
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Mathew Ellis
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Michael Marino
Former Chief Commercial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Derek Harmer
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Mark Phelan
Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Brian Carroll
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Andrew Rubenstein
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Derek Harmer
Chief Compliance Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Phelan
President, U.S. Gaming
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mathew Ellis
Chief Financial Officer (Former)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Andrew Rubenstein
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Phelan
President, U.S. Gaming
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Derek Harmer
Chief Compliance Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mathew Ellis
Chief Financial Officer (Former)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Andrew Rubenstein
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Phelan
President, U.S. Gaming
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Derek Harmer
Chief Compliance Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Scott Levin
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Brett Summerer
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mathew Ellis
Chief Financial Officer (Former)
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
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
Andrew RubensteinRSU◇——◇——◇
Andrew RubensteinPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Brett SummererRSU◇——◇——◇
Derek HarmerRSU◇——◇——◇
Derek HarmerPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Mark PhelanRSU◇——◇——◇
Mark PhelanPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Scott LevinRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 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
Andrew RubensteinPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/14/2032
RSU◇◇——
Scott LevinRSU◇◇——
Brett SummererRSU◇◇——
Mark PhelanPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/14/2032
RSU◇◇——
Derek HarmerPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/14/2032
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Brett Summerer
Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement · dated September 22, 2025
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
Andrew Rubenstein
Chief Executive Officer and President · Employment agreement
Severance multiple◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
Clawback◇
Derek Harmer
Chief Compliance Officer · Amended agreement
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Mark Phelan
President, U.S. Gaming · Employment agreement
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
Scott Levin
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary · Employment agreement
Severance multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Karl Peterson
Lead independent director
—◇————◇
Gordon Rubenstein
—◇————◇
Kathleen Philips
—◇————◇
David W. Ruttenberg
—◇————◇
Doris M. Robinson
◇◇————◇
Kenneth B. Rotman
—◇————◇
Cheryl Kondra
—◇————◇
Eden Godsoe
—◇————◇
Andrew Rubenstein and Bruce D. Wardinski 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◇
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.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Bally's Corporation BALY
  • Boyd Gaming Corporation BYD
  • Century Casinos, Inc. CNTY
  • Churchill Downs Incorporated CHDN
  • Everi Holdings, Inc. EVRI
  • Golden Entertainment, Inc. GDEN
  • International Game Technology PLC symbol not shown
  • Light & Wonder, Inc. LW
  • Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. MCR
  • Penn Entertainment, Inc. PENN
  • PlayAGS, Inc. AGS
  • Red Rock Resorts, Inc. RRR
  • Rush Street Interactive, Inc. RSI
  • Sphere Entertainment Co. SPHR

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 7, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 6, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 9, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 4, 2023=◇◇◇

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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259 figures on this page: 255 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
255 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001698991-26-000043
  2. 0001698991-26-000025
    2025 Summary Compensation · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Award · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001698991-26-000009
    EX-10.2
  4. 0001698991-25-000043
    EX-10.1
  5. 0001698991-25-000026
  6. 0001628280-25-018604
    Summary Compensation
  7. 0001698991-24-000028
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001698991-24-000016
    Summary Compensation
  9. 0001698991-23-000031
  10. 0001698991-23-000018
    Summary Compensation · Summary Compensation Table
  11. 0001698991-20-000031
    EX-10.8
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Peers Accel Entertainment discloses

The companies named in ACEL's own disclosed peer group.

Bally's CorporationBoyd Gaming CorporationCentury Casinos, Inc.Churchill Downs IncorporatedEveri Holdings, Inc.Light & Wonder, Inc.Penn Entertainment, Inc.PlayAGS, Inc.Red Rock Resorts, Inc.Rush Street Interactive, Inc.Sphere Entertainment Co.

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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
BibTeX
@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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