ACV Auctions Executive Compensation (FY25)
ACVA · Buffalo, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
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Data as of September 19, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 2, 2026
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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 — George Chamoun: $7,616,746 → $7,887,018 (3.5% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 100:1 → 112:1 (12.0% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is ACV Auctions' chief executive and what were they paid?
George Chamoun was paid $7,887,018 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and Director for fiscal 2025. Chamoun's total moved 3.5% higher from the $7,616,746 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was ACV Auctions' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 88.7% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 27, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in ACV Auctions' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Alarm.com Holdings, AppFolio, BlackLine, CarGurus and Cars.com, among others.
What is ACV Auctions' chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 112:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $70,401.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Chamoun Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Leanne Fitzgerald Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
William Zerella Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Vikas Mehta Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Waterman Chief Sales Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Chamoun Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
William Zerella Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Vikas Mehta Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Waterman Chief Sales Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Craig Anderson Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Chamoun Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Vikas Mehta Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
William Zerella Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Waterman Chief Sales Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Leanne Fitzgerald Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Chamoun | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Leanne Fitzgerald | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Michael Waterman | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Vikas Mehta | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| William Zerella | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2022, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leanne Fitzgerald | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Michael Waterman | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| William Zerella | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Vikas Mehta | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| George Chamoun | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| 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.
George Chamoun
Chief Executive Officer and Director · Employment agreement · citing a 2021 filing
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| Change-in-control trigger | ◇ |
| Excise tax treatment | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eileen Kamerick | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Brian Radecki | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Robert Goodman Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Rene Jones | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Kirsten Castillo | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Brian Hirsch | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
George Chamoun 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 | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
| 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.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Alarm.com Holdings ALRM
- AppFolio APPF
- BlackLine BL
- CarGurus CARG
- Cars.com CARS
- Clear Secure YOU
- EverCommerce EVCM
- LiveRamp Holdings RAMP
- OpenLane OPLN
- Q2 Holdings QTWO
- Qualys QLYS
- Rapid7 RPD
- Shutterstock SSTK
- Sprinklr CXM
- Tenable Holdings TENB
- Varonis Systems VRNS
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 27, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 28, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 29, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 30, 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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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact ACV Auctions disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where ACV Auctions sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written 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.
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203 figures on this page: 199 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
199 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001637873-26-000025Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-26-1589872025 CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure · 2025 Director Compensation · 2025 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table · 2025 Summary Compensation Table · and 1 more section
- 0001628280-25-029014Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-25-0843782024 Summary Compensation Table
- 0001628280-24-026374Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000950170-23-025685Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-23-1064692022 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
- 0001193125-21-060598EX-10.8
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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}
}