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BrightSpire Capital, Inc. Executive Compensation (FY23)

BSPR · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 only
Chief executive, fiscal 2023
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Michael Mazzei
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May 13, 2026
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Who is BrightSpire Capital, Inc.'s chief executive and what were they paid?
Michael Mazzei, Chief Executive Officer, received $5,832,378 in total compensation for fiscal 2023.
What was BrightSpire Capital, Inc.'s say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 98.5% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 13, 2026.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Mazzei
Chief Executive Officer
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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.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Michael MazzeiRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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.
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Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as Restricted 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 13, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 14, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 16, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 16, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 5, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 5, 2021=◇◇◇
2019May 4, 2020=◇◇◇

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Citations

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50 figures on this page: 43 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.
43 cited to the filing
7 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001717547-26-000044
    Proposal 2 — Approval (on an advisory, non-binding basis) of Executive Compensation The Company’s stockholders approved (on an advisory, non-binding basis) the compensation of the Company’s named exec
  2. 0001717547-26-000026
    COMPENSATION TABLES · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
  3. 0001717547-25-000050
    Proposal 2 — Approval (on an advisory, non-binding basis) of Executive Compensation The Company’s stockholders approved (on an advisory, non-binding basis) the compensation of the Company’s named exec
  4. 0001717547-24-000046
    Proposal 2 — Approval (on an advisory, non-binding basis) of Executive Compensation The Company’s stockholders approved (on an advisory, non-binding basis) the compensation of the Company’s named exec
  5. 0001717547-23-000066
    Proposal 2 — Approval (on an advisory, non-binding basis) of Executive Compensation The Company’s stockholders approved (on an advisory, non-binding basis) the compensation of the Company’s named exec
  6. 0001717547-22-000048
    Proposal 2 — Approval (on an advisory, non-binding basis) of Executive Compensation The Company’s stockholders approved (on an advisory, non-binding basis) the compensation of the Company’s named exec
  7. 0001717547-21-000016
    Proposal 2 — Approval (on an advisory, non-binding basis) of Executive Compensation The Company’s stockholders approved (on an advisory, non-binding basis) the compensation of the Company’s named exec
  8. 0001193125-20-133716
    Proposal 2 — Approval (on an advisory, non-binding basis) of Executive Compensation The Company’s stockholders approved (on an advisory, non-binding basis) the compensation of the Company’s named exec
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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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